Book of the Day

The House of Spark

by

Luminita Laflash

It's the 1950s in Romania, after the fall of the Romanian monarch, a time of terror for its citizens. Following the Russian rules, the government implemented the Securitate, a police agency used as an instrument of manipulation and control over the country and its economics, education, and even its very culture. But one group of young university students will not be silenced.

The novel is a story of the courage, resilience, and pride of Romanian people who overcame the fear that lay within themselves and fought the injustices at the time. Based on real events and the author's family history, The House of Spark shares the story of a group of people unrelated to one another who banded together in search of their missing friend Jenica. Despite the danger that they could face prosecution, imprisonment, or even death for the questions they were asking. They proved that their passion for one another overcame the fear within them and fought anyway. Will Jenica's girlfriend Virginia be able to find him?