Swallowing Mercury
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While political change hums in the background, Wiola looks back on her youth in a close-knit agricultural community in 1980s Poland: the superstitions of the village women, rumored visits from the Pope, and the locked room in the dressmaker's house.
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I don't quite know how she does it, but these short vignettes amount to much more than the sum of their parts. I still like Greg's book Accommodations better, but I get why folks love this one so very much. It's hard to put down, even though some of the subject matter is tough to read about. I'll definitely keep this and read it again...
