Prerna Vatsa

This chapter focuses on the relationship between Marina and Anna. A frame within a frame story is narrated here as Marina conveys the long relationship that she had with Mikhail in the past. She tells Anna that in the 2nd year after they had met she became pregnant with a boy, thus justifying the attachment she had towards Kolya. Anna gets to know about the poems that Mikhail wrote for her, which Vera also read

At the end of this chapter we get a peek of Marinas thoughts, as she compares the character of Anna with her mother Vera thinking how alike they are.

Pg 208: dead of night Pg 209: her heart beats...answer Pg 210: hed founded just before the war those were such different times they just poured in everybody wantedus danger of being pushedyou behind Pg 211: raced to embrace it everyone looked beautifulugly there was such fear he has got to beelse hes nothing but dont forget that marina what she says real friends, kitchen friends

Pg 212: he loved ur mother it was a male. I was 4 months pregnant it was an effort for him to touch me Pg 213: her bones hoe through the flesh her whole life will be in her hands hes dying now, and perhaps Ill die, too they are erased from the records I was used to things being as I wanted them to be but your father did all that I was damagedor to myself I believed that the mud was where I belonged

Pg 214: I would have imagined talking soul to soul she simply withdrew write her thoughts on small sheets of yellow paper In my opinion thesethat was all she ever said I wanted her friendship she didnt need to Id recognise him, but hed thought I was someone else

Pg 215: he build me up into something remarkable because shes going to survive its written in her face god know why that is suddenly I was terribly hungry Pg 216: it smelled artificial ripping inside me that could never be put back together how have you been?...connected to her his eyes pass over me she is like vera