Publisher's Synopsis
Trying to escape her abusive stepfather, Mlada made many mistakes - dropped out of high school, got accidentally pregnant and almost accidentally married. When some time after her marriage she finds out the horrible truth about her husband's intentions, she decides to change her life, hopefully, for good. Elya lives in a city, in an apartment owed equally by her half sister and her mother as an unwelcome guest. Her sister wants her gone and her mother does not interfere. Elya's only hope is her father who promised to pay for her university studies. Then, things go horribly wrong. Betrayed by her own family, Elya has nothing but her looks and wits to make it in life... Ata just received her PhD, and oh, she is smart, so she is bound to have the university job which was offered to her... if she pays the hefty bribe. And if she can't - she is free to abandon her dream of becoming an academic and do whatever. She has to survive in a large city and somehow make her dream come true...Living through the economic crisis and war in Ukraine, dealing with family secrets, deaths, poverty, wealth, manipulations and betrayals, the girls fight their predetermined destinies and hope to win.
