Vyshivka po vorovannoĭ tkani
(Book)

880-04,"Literaturno-khudozhestvennoe izdanie"--Colophon.

"The novel "Embroidery on Stolen Fabric" is the story of Cinderella from the outback, who grew up in a family hell, where the father is aggressive and drunk, and the mother cannot protect her daughter and herself. The grandmother, a village healer, gives the heroine the secrets of traditional medicine, a healing gift and an unbending character. Fifteen-year-old Valentina studies in the regional center as a masseuse and marries in Moscow. Unsuccessful marriages and a humiliating romance with the director force her to earn at the massage table for her own apartment. Valentina visits an esoteric university, takes her mother from the province, adopts a drug addicted girl, opens her office and accidentally gets on television. In Ostankino, she unexpectedly meets the former minister, who she fell in love with many years ago, and the social elevator rushes Valentina to the very top. Life is getting so fast and complicated that it seems to Valentina that she is always acting in films, playing someone else's role. The action of the first part of the novel covers the period from the late fifties to the nineties ..."--,cataloger's translation and interpretation of the synopsis from the book

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