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At the centre of the story is Ida, a recently widowed woman without children, which in her village marks her as useless; the neighbours gossip and even invent a reason, an injury she supposedly suffered as a girl. Ida does have a secret, an episode from her youth that marked her decisively, precisely because it never developed or happened again. After her husband's death she closes herself in the house and cuts off contact, grieving not so much for him as for the life she could have had if she had chosen differently. Her neighbour Marta, saying she is worried, comes to see her and calls the priest, Lojze, who drops by but leaves the care to Marta. Told in short, non-linear fragments, Ida's story mingles with those of Marta, Lojze, their husbands and the absent Milena, revealing a village full of secrets, wrong choices and guilt.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

115 pages in the original

Genres

Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Slovenia

First published

2023 by Goga

Author's age

28 when first published

ISBN

9789612773908 (original)