![]() ![]() A story of sacrifice, loss and love, it is a moving and triumphant celebration of the power and immutability of the bonds of motherhood and is also about one of the most pressing humanitarian issues of our age. The achievement of Bel Mooney's powerful and ambitious new novel, as it moves across the changing face of contemporary Europe, is that it takes us inside the lives of people caught up in the flood tide of political events. ![]() Then the collapse of communism and the overthrow of Ceausescu rekindle her hope for a future, as she leaves her country for the first time and embarks on a quest to reclaim her lost child. Lyonel Trouillot Translated and with an introduction by Linda Coverdale. Attempting to follow, she is caught and thrown into prison. When she seizes the chance to give Ion freedom, Ana unwittingly propels him beyond bureaucracy into an underworld of refugees and migrants. At last as incident at Ion's school convinces her she must send him away. But Ana is haunted by a mystery in her own past, and by her awareness under a totalitarian regime the soul can gradually be corrupted. In their mean little flat they have created a private world in which no harm can come to them. He is the only thing that makes life in Ceausescu's Romania tolerable. At the heart of Ana Popescu's existence is the love for her son. ![]()
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