![]() ![]() I like to put a stone on their grave when I go there, to make sure their souls stay down where they belong, and when I do, I say a prayer that I too will someday find a love like that. We don’t know anything else about them, but we know that they were buried, arms embracing, in one grave. ![]() It is said in our shtetl that it marks the final resting place of a bride and a groom who died together on their wedding day. The names on the stone have long since been eroded by time. The oldest gravestone in our cemetery dates back to 1666. ![]() I like to go there with him every morning. Instead of praying in the synagogue like all the other men of our town, my father goes to the cemetery to pray. If you want to know the history of a town, read the gravestones in its cemetery. Perfect for fans of The Night Circus, The Bear and the Nightingale and Uprooted. A magical debut with a fairy tale feel that will break your heart. ![]()
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