Pieces

By Maria Kostaki

When her mother, Anna, abandons her to move abroad with her new husband, Sasha is passed around her three grandparents in Cold War-era Moscow, attending first grade with a Lenin star pinned to her breast. Five years later, Anna and her husband reappear and whisk Sasha off to a "better life" in Athens, Greece. But they are not the gallant rescuers they first appear to be, and Sasha soon finds herself caught between a violent stepfather and a psychologically abusive mother. In her struggle to survive in her new world, Sasha turns to a world of invisible friends--even as she continues to long for something real. At turns haunting and uplifting, Pieces is the story of one girl's survival and self-discovery--and her continual search for love in a world where she has been given none.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631529668
• ISBN13: 9781631529665
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"