![]() And like every good fairy tale, secrets abound. The forest is filled with all the dangers, heroes, and heroines one would expect from a proper fairy tale, interwoven with the historical dangers facing the Jews of Dubossary. Through maturation, the sisters come to understand how different and alike they really are. ![]() The two are on the verge of becoming adults and are left to fend for themselves as their parents set out on a journey. This coming-of-age novel, which features a bear-man father and a swan-woman mother, is told from the perspective of the sisters Liba and Laya. Embedded with Russian folklore and intertwined with the very real pogroms of Russia, Rossner creates a fantastical world filled with magic, yet deeply rooted in history. ![]() ![]() A fairy tale set in the forest, at the edge of a city on the border between Ukraine and Moldova, The Sisters of the Winter Wood is the story of two very different sisters. ![]()
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