When a young, arrogant priest is sent to her village, the people turn away from their old ways, and the spirits that keep them safe begin to fade. While her father and brothers seek marriage arrangements among royalty in Moscow, Vasya, now a teenager, refuses to be married off instead she wanders the verdant woods of her father’s rural estate, communing with spirits of home, wood, and water. But Marina made Pyotr promise to take good care of Vasya, saying that she was special, and indeed she is. Her father, Pyotr Vladimirovich, loves her he also resents her for his beloved wife’s death. Vasilisa “Vasya” Petrovna’s mother, Marina, died while giving birth to her. Arden’s debut is an earthy, beautifully written love letter to Russian folklore, with an irresistible heroine who wants only to be free of the bonds placed on her gender and claim her own fate in 14th-century Russia.
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