Velvet Spring

By Dede Reed

Book Overview

When the Soviets invade Prague in the summer of 1968, five-month-old Zofie is separated from her mother. Left on a peasant's doorstep, she grows up under the constraints of a Communist regime, with no sense of where she came from or who she is. The warm embrace of a friend's family and the gratification she finds in the study of literature and languages inspire her hopes for a career and a family of her own. Told from multiple points of view and spanning several decades, Velvet Spring insightfully portrays the complex bonds between mothers and daughters. In chronicling lives subjected to the caprices of history, politics, and chance, this story is also a testament to the consolations of art.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977763405
• ISBN13: 9781977763402
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.3"