Oksana Vasyakina concludes her autofiction trilogy, which began with ‘The Wound’ and ‘The Steppe,’ with a novel in which she attempts to unravel the mystery of her aunt Svetlana's short, almost weightless life. From small fragments of memory, a complex image emerges in which a difficult relationship with her mother, domestic instability, and indifference to her own fate coexist with an almost childlike vulnerability and purity. But the further the heroine delves into Svetlana's story, the more she realizes her inextricable connection with her and the more she learns about herself and the nature of her writing. Oksana Vasyakina is a writer and winner of the Lyceum (2019) and NOS (2021) awards.