Alpina is a self running town set apart from the rest of the world. It is high in the mountains with no seasons, a single stream/river that runs passed it, and a supplier who comes every so often to bring what the town needs to survive. It is also a town where the mothers will randomly disappear in the middle of the night, never to be seen or heard from again, and all pictures of them are destroyed and possessions given away to other women in town.
The story is centered around Vera starting at a young age into adulthood. We are with her through friendships (always in threes), her mother’s disappearance, a stranger visiting the town, her fathers death, her marriage, the birth of her daughter, and then her own disappearance.
I went into this book with no notions or thoughts on what it would be about. With that said, it is not something that I would typically read. But I really love the concept of this book. I didn’t quite understand the why of it but it was quite interesting. And in the last 40 pages or so, the entire story was explained.
If you are up for an unusual and interesting read, you should definitely give this one a whirl.
The story is centered around Vera starting at a young age into adulthood. We are with her through friendships (always in threes), her mother’s disappearance, a stranger visiting the town, her fathers death, her marriage, the birth of her daughter, and then her own disappearance.
I went into this book with no notions or thoughts on what it would be about. With that said, it is not something that I would typically read. But I really love the concept of this book. I didn’t quite understand the why of it but it was quite interesting. And in the last 40 pages or so, the entire story was explained.
If you are up for an unusual and interesting read, you should definitely give this one a whirl.