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The Birth
Thirty-five-year-old Kateryna works in a catering shop for offices, but she doesn't like her job. She has a rude, violent temper. The protagonist has not been able to get pregnant by her husband for ten years. Kateryna wants to undergo IVF for the third time and has almost saved up the necessary amount of money for this procedure. But at this time, Katya's former lover, the priest, returns to the village and has his own secrets.
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Thirty-five-year-old Kateryna works in a catering shop for offices, but she doesn't like her job. She has a rude, violent temper. The protagonist has not been able to get pregnant by her husband for ten years. Kateryna wants to undergo IVF for the third time and has almost saved up the necessary amount of money for this procedure. But at this time, Katya's former lover, the priest, returns to the village and has his own secrets.
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