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"Enchantingly elliptical fiction debut that sparkles with a gem-like quality." - The Guardian"Shines with a surreal and unsettling vigour. As an award-winning poet, Greg writes with a lyricism that brings alive the charms and dangers of Wiola's life." - The Financial Times"Both magical and sinister, a memoir and a fairy tale and, like Wiola, completely captivating." - The Irish NewsWhile 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. In prose that sparkles with the comedy of daily life, Wioletta Greg's debut animates the strange wonders of growing up.