Two Russian teenage sisters face challenges in their new English homeland as they negotiate sexual issues and plot their course to adulthood.
Irena is still at school. Does she want to be a traditional wife and mother or follow the course of liberated women in the west?
Nikita is at university. She dislikes the drinking culture and feels isolated. Then, a chance encounter with a handsome older student leads Nikita on a journey to her first sexual encounter. Later, she learns something about him which devastates her.
Meanwhile, Irena is learning to dance and ride horses. Her friends tease her about “the shower hose being a girl’s best friend.” Irena doesn’t understand, but her mum comes to the rescue. She explains how fantasy and masturbation can help to cope with her growing desires.
Irena befriends Claire, an insecure, younger girl at the stables. Irena also gets an unexpected invitation to go dancing with Michael, who is around four years older. It doesn’t mean anything…or does it?’ This exciting story will be continued in Book Two.
