“…An almost full moon, hanging in the night sky, brought Elena more pain. How it seemed to taunt her, with its bright, judicious face calling on her to be honest. To stand up for herself. To do what everyone told her was impossible.”

Talking to the Moon is a true story of a Russian woman who turned her life 180 degrees, completely reshaping her destiny, she saw before as inescapable. Elena’s liberation begins by sheer chance; meeting a foreigner online whose audacity and strive for experience Elena finds irresistible. The two women plan what once would have been unthinkable to Elena – meeting in person. Just the two of them! And on neutral territory, in Kiev, Ukraine. Away from Elena’s jail and keepers – her town, her family and everyone she knows in Russia. With her society insulted by her self-interest, self-actualization and happiness, Elena lives like a deep-cover spy. Any unforeseen interference or weakness on her part threatens Elena’s escape to Kiev and a chance of her having a life that is truly her own.