STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

Tatyana is a pretty woman who is already over forty. She is a loving mother, very worried about the fate of her adult daughter. The heroine decides on her own to find the "best" groom for her. For this, Tatyana places an ad on the Internet on behalf of her daughter. And the most important thing is that Tatyana first decides to look at the applicant herself, and only then, if she likes him, to hand over to her daughter ...
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
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