On the eve of World War II, in a mountain village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon catches sight of the girl fabled far and wide for her beauty, Anielica. But as the Pigeon and Anielica's courtship is slowly blossoming, the Germans are advancing on Poland.Meanwhile, in the wake of Communism's fall, Baba Yaga, begins a new life in Krakow. Taken in by tough-talking Irena and her glamorous daughter Magda, Baba Yaga can't escape the feeling that she will always be a village girl. She begins to wonder whether opportunity may only be for the lucky few with money and connections. When tragedy unexpectedly strikes, the long arm of the past reaches into her life.The novel's fable-like glimpses at the grand love story of Anielica and the Pigeon, and Baba Yaga's moving insight into a country on the cusp of change ultimately intersect in the most surprising and moving of ways.
