LONG LONG TIME AGO & ESSENTIALLY TRUE,A - Hodder

'With a touch of Marina Lewycka and a dash of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, this is storytelling that gets under your and forces you to press copies into your best friends hands'-Elle[A]parallel narrative of Poland at two pivotal point i its recent history...The miraculous links that connect Baba Yaga and Irena to Pigeon and Anielica are gradually exposedin this lively books... part setire, part fairytale.-Guardian'A family tale spanning 50 years... moving and convincingly told'-Metro.'A paean to loyalty, both familial and national'-New York Times Sunday Book Review^A gripping story'- The TimesThe relationship between Pigeon and Anielica is the stuff of great romantic epics...from past to present, tragedy topefulness . It really feels a true-life fairy tale.