Rating: 5 out of 5

A beautiful story to read over Christmas time. I know nothing about Russian fairy tales but I may have to keep an eye out. Lovely!

Highlighted passages:

it was a beauty that ripped you open and scoured you clean so that you were left helpless and exposed, if you lived at all.

This too shall pass

It happened like this, the grief. Years wore away the cutting edges, but sometimes it still took him by surprise.

Originally posted to my Goodreads account