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The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
11/02/2017 12:01 AM EST •
11/02/2017 12:05 AM EST
The main character is in ashes in an urn? An American girl travels to Bulgaria, intending to teach English. Upon her arrival, she inadvertently becomes responsible for the urn, which holds a hidden truth besides the ashes. A native cab driver befriends her in the search for the owners of the urn. They uncover mysterious clues and realize that they are hunted by the police, as well as the urn’s owners. The plot unravels when the Russians oust the Germans and brutally occupy Bulgaria
Ree, Harbor Books, Old Saybrook