Two Cousins of Azov

Andrea Bennett graduated from the University of Sheffield in History & Russian and then spent a good part of the "Yeltsin years" living and working in Russia. She lives in Ramsgate, Kent, with her family and dog. Her first novel is Galina Petrovna's Three-Legged Dog Story.

A heartwarming novel about the surprise of second chances in the autumn of your life.

Gor is keeping busy. He has a magic show to rehearse, his new assistant to get in line and a dacha in dire need of weeding. But he keeps being distracted by a tapping on his window - four floors up. Is old age finally catching up with him?

Tolya has woken from a long illness to find his memory gone. Tidied away in a sanatorium, with only the view of a pine tree for entertainment, he is delighted when young doctor Vlad decides to make a project of him. With a keen listener by his side, and the aid of smuggled home-made sugary delights, Tolya's boyhood memories return, revealing dark secrets...

Two Cousins of Azov is a tender and wonderful story of two men who, in the autumn of their years, have the chance to learn that memories can heal, as well as haunt.

A heartwarming novel about the surprise of second chances in the autumn of your life.