Life Is Elsewhere

WhenNinaRevskaya,formerstaroftheBolshoiBallet,decidestoauctionherremarkablejewelry,shehopestodrawacurtainonherpast.Instead,sheisoverwhelmedbymemoriesofgloriousandheartbreakingeventsthatchangedherlife'scoursehalfacenturybefore.InRussia,shediscoveredthetheater,fellinlovewithafamedpoet,andbecame—withherclosestfriends—avictimofStalinistaggression.Aterriblediscoveryledtoadeadlyactofbetrayal—andtoNina'sescapetoBoston.Now,anassociateattheBostonauctionhouseandaRussianprofessorareunravelingamysterysurroundingaloveletter,apoem,andanecklaceofunknownprovenance,stirringuprevelationsthatwillhavelife-alteringconsequencesforall.