I really wasn't sure how to rate this book since I had mixed emotions while reading it. It started with an 80 year old former Russian Prima Ballerina who defected to the West and now is wheelchair bound, probably due to arthritis. She is an angry old woman who lost everyone she loved and lives in the past. She decides to auction her jewels and meets Drew, an associate from the Boston Auction House, who tries to befriend her.
The story unfolds as Grigori, a Russian professor, hears about Nina's amber bracelet and earrings and he says he has a matching necklace to complete the set. He believes he is related to Nina and is trying to find his biological parents and thinks she can help, but she refuses to see him. He gives his necklace to Drew to add to the amber set, and a loving relationship develops between them.
Toward the end of the book, it became exciting, non stop reading as I raced to find out what happens, however it ended abruptly and unsatisfactorily and I was disappointed and felt cheated!
The story unfolds as Grigori, a Russian professor, hears about Nina's amber bracelet and earrings and he says he has a matching necklace to complete the set. He believes he is related to Nina and is trying to find his biological parents and thinks she can help, but she refuses to see him. He gives his necklace to Drew to add to the amber set, and a loving relationship develops between them.
Toward the end of the book, it became exciting, non stop reading as I raced to find out what happens, however it ended abruptly and unsatisfactorily and I was disappointed and felt cheated!
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