Fires in the Dark

Author: Louise Doughty
Publisher: Not available
Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: His breathing was so light she could scarcely detect it, even when she lowered her face to his. The smell of him, like new bread, or was it her smell? She couldn't tell. He and I smell identical, she thought, smiling in the darkness. The barn was softly warm, and the warmth and softness wrapped around mother and child as they curled together in the gloom, breathed together, smelled the same. 'Yenko,' Anna whispered in his ear. 'Your real name is Yenko.'