There's No Turning Back - Alba de Céspedes in the northeastern area of

in the northeastern area of Siberia

Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d'état in December 1851

the stories are populated by a remarkable range of characters who come from all parts of Russia

their paths begin to diverge

There's No Turning Back - Alba de Céspedes in the northeastern area ofThe young women studying at the Grimaldi yearn for new kinds of life. Monitored by the nuns who run the college, eight of them form a close group, sharing confidences and hopes for the future. But each, too, has her private secrets a child from an early love affair, frustrated artistic ambitions, burning desires and petty jealousies. With the passing months, their paths begin to diverge, as each woman struggles towards her own idea of freedom. A