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Richly emotive and darkly captivating, this novel conjures a community where girls become wives, wives become mothers, and some simply vanish. Vera grows up in a small, isolated town, surrounded by mountains and shrouded in clouds. This fiercely protective community adheres to tradition, facing a peculiar affliction: some mothers disappear into the clouds. The exquisite pain and beauty of their lives set them apart and imbue them with meaning. As Vera approaches adulthood, she grapples with the reality of her own mother’s disappearance. While her peers marry and become mothers, they speculate on who might be next to go, each contemplating her own fate. They revel in gossip, observing one another in motherhood and waiting for signs of the affliction's gaze—whether a mother devotes herself too much or too little to her child. When motherhood arrives for Vera, she confronts a pivotal question: can she remain and nurture her beloved child, or will she too vanish? Provocative and hypnotic, this narrative serves as both a spellbinding revelation and a rumination on the complexities of motherhood, exploring self-monitoring, judgment, doubts, and the legacy women leave behind.