Typical Russian Village House

Chapter 9

Rural Russia

They looked like gingerbread houses, the result of a kindergarten project gone awry. Those crooked buildings appeared to have been built in miniature then tapped by the wand of a demented hag. The result transformed the villages into life-sized props for a strange and scary fairytale.

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About the Author

John M. Simmons is an adoption advocate and author of the award-winning novels The Marvelous Journey Home and To Sing Frogs. John performs television and radio interviews and writes editorials to share his experience with special needs and international adoption. He appears at book clubs, and is a frequent guest speaker for various groups to increase adoption awareness. He and his wife have three biological sons and six adopted children.