The Secrets We Carry

From the author of The Ones We Leave Behind comes a dual-timeline story of a young girl who flees her country with a secret that she must hold close in order to protect her life. 1917 - Sofiya and her friend Alina are forced to flee Russia as Tsar Nicholas II abdicates and the Bolsheviks take control of St. Petersburg. Their parents send them to America, where Alina's distant cousin lives, but soon the girls learn they have traded one danger for another. They are forced to earn a living in ...