Isaac and Bellatine Yaga haven’t seen each other in years, after Isaac left the family to go off on his own. They’re called together when they receive an inheritance – one they have to go pick up at a warehouse. It’s a house with chicken legs, and if you’ve noticed the last name, you know that these two are decedents of Baba Yaga, and her house has come to them.
This was a hard book for me to get into – it jumps back and forth in time quite a bit. What it ultimately becomes is a story of deep trauma, and how that trauma lasts through generations. At the end, when that is finally explored, I thought the book was at its best.