Natasha unfolds over the course of a single summer. It is the narrative of Mark Berman, 16, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who lives in the Toronto suburbs. When his uncle arranges for a woman from Moscow to marry him, the woman and her fourteen-year-old daughter, Natasha, move to Canada. Mark, a slacker, gets drafted by his parents to take care of the weird girl. He discovers that she spent an unhappy and promiscuous life in Moscow. Between the two of them, a hidden and forbidden romance emerges, with odd and devastating results for everyone involved.
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Natasha unfolds over the course of a single summer. It is the narrative of Mark Berman, 16, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who lives in the Toronto suburbs. When his uncle arranges for a woman from Moscow to marry him, the woman and her fourteen-year-old daughter, Natasha, move to Canada. Mark, a slacker, gets drafted by his parents to take care of the weird girl. He discovers that she spent an unhappy and promiscuous life in Moscow. Between the two of them, a hidden and forbidden romance emerges, with odd and devastating results for everyone involved.
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