In medieval Moldova, two women from opposing backgrounds fall in love.But this is a world where a woman's role is defined by religion and class. To make a life together means defying their families, the law, and the Church.
Stela Brinzeanu moved to London at the age of eighteen. With a BA in Media Studies from the University of Westminster, she embarked on a brief journalistic career, training with the BBC and running a community magazine, before she turned her attention to literature. Her fiction explores issues of identity, gender roles, the unity and inter-connectedness of nature, and the conflict of religion - organized religion - vs spirituality.
