magnolia sleep
It begins with a terrible dream - bombing, a Mother holding her child, Bunker.
break.
A young girl on the way from Russia to Germany. You must care for an old woman. So how many do it. It is full of a certain time in the household, earning good money and then drive back home. Her mother, who did not support this - you never know what the girls there really expected she's afraid her daughter would fall into bad (brothel) relations. Because - from the men you have to beware.
The old woman. Patiently, she lies in her bed, cared for by the unloving wife of her nephew. An angel reveals the first impression. The
two - the young girl and the old woman found to be cared for equally sympathetic, that may work just fine. Until the girl speaks Russian. From the old woman breaks out something, she is raging, a war begins. They denied any contact, is the fury, the young repay. A position battle in the quaint house in Germany.
The nephew and his wife give themselves bored and ignore the cause. At last they have supplied the old man. You should not have so and do not cost too much money. Not even when eating. One can well use their pension themselves. When the old woman comes
then even after the financial fraud by their beloved relatives, breaks it all together. Surrounded by a hostile Russian, taken advantage of recent relatives. It is apathetic, refused any food, their old high-trauma breaks. In dreams that can not sleep the young nurse, into confusion. reveals
Until the young Russian history. Relentlessly she goes with the old woman to court, pressing their hidden life of lies out of it, then - peace. The connection between two people, both of which are legacies of war history, visible, tangible. Who were the bad guys?
Eva Baronsky manages two major issues (nursing shortage and work-up of the 2nd World War) to summarize here so that one's breath staying away from the story you can not get out. The language wonderful. Liquid, not a word too much or too little. Without index finger to point to our present life lies. Immersion purely live, learn.