Eloise's Choice (hardcover). Olena Mulyk

At the invitation of a friend, twenty-year-old Eloise goes on a winter vacation to the Alpine resort of Walchensee. This journey a thousand kilometers from her native Lviv will radically change her life. Dreaming of breaking free from the past, Eloise will seek freedom and healthy relationships. And half a step towards her goal, she will realize that she is trapped again. The novel “Eloise’s Choice” is a multifaceted portrait of youth with its disorder of feelings, falling under influences, attempts to escape from everyone and from herself. This is a study of the state, a snapshot of reality, a journey around the world in a desperate search for love. This is a colorful mosaic of distant cities and close relationships, this is the experience from which Eloise ultimately builds herself.