They Whisper About Us

One tea tin

Owned by one girl

Found by another

Over half a century later.

What mysteries does it hide?



This story is set in Leningrad, in the former Soviet Union, in 1962, and Lincoln, England, in the present day. It tells the story of Vera, an up-and-coming ballerina who finds herself drawn into a life she never wanted, and Fay, a teenage Pastor's Kid, who is trying to make a life for herself as far away from her parents' faith as possible. These two girls' lives are connected by a small tin box. But what did it hold, and how did it end up at the back of a musty cupboard?