Chapter 12-14 Summary

In Chapter 12, Zoya is on her way to work at the cancer wing, and she catches the trolley. She is thinking about her life. She is a single woman in a town where there are many single women and few good men. She has worn a dress that Oleg has mentioned he likes. Zoya is resourceful, pretty, and determined not to end up like her parents or her friends. She wants a good man for her husband. When she reaches the hospital, she is happy to see Oleg, and enlists him to help her with her administrative duties. She is surprised how well he does the work. After she finishes her rounds, she asks Oleg to join her in the doctor's lounge while she works on her embroidery. Oleg immediately begins talking to her about the part of the country where...