The Woman Behind the Waterfall

Magic and transformation in the beauty of a Ukrainian village

For seven-year-old Angela, happiness is exploring the countryside around her village in western Ukraine.

Her imagination lets her fly in the spirits of passing birds, enter the breath of the wind, and grow with her springtime garden.

Everything changes when she becomes aware of her mother’s sadness. As she tries to find out what lies behind it, she is drawn on a journey into the secrets of her family, and her parent’s fateful choices.

Can Angela lead her mother back to happiness before her innocence is destroyed by the shadows of a dark past?

Beautiful, poetic and richly sensory, this is a tale that will lift and haunt its readers.