In a place called lost strange things are found
A magical story about mystery, pain and romance. It addresses many topics such as domestic violence, alcoholism, war, trauma, sexism etc. So it does not cover easy themes, but the book lightens the mood with riddles, wit and charm. I found the tattoos on Martha's back and the reference to the desired manuscript very exciting. But sometimes the novel tried to cover too many topics at once and it became a bit confusing, 4 stars Quotes: "It's time you took your head out of your books and face reality. - I clung tighter to my book." "...what was the glue that held people together?" "Grief is a constant companion, is it not?" -Matroshka Dolls- "It was exactly how I felt: a fully formed woman, but the little irl inside was still there" "Were we all preconditioned to love certain things? A moment in childhood, lost to memory but indelibly marked on our souls?" "...that being a woman was akin to performance..." "If you're not scared, then you're not living" "There were no winners, only wounded people picking up the pieces of their broken lifes" "I don't know but hope is all I have" "But why should you get to decide what gets found and what remains lost?" "Invite your heart to see what your eyes cannot"