An incandescent love storya thrilling debut novelthat moves from Romania toAmerica and from passionate infatuation to profound understanding. In thesummer of 19... » 

An incandescent love storya thrilling debut novelthat moves from Romania toAmerica and from passionate infatuation to profound understanding. In thesummer of 1977 seventeenyearold Mona Manoliu falls in love with Mihai agreeneyed boy who lives in Brasov the romantic mountain city where she spendsher summers. But under the Ceausescu dictatorship paranoia infects everyoneand Mona begins to suspect that Mihai is part of the secret police. As foodshortages worsen as her loved ones begin to disappear Mona realizes she mustleave. She struggles to bury her longing for the past yet she finds herselfcompelled to return determined to learn the truth about her one great love. «