After poisoning her young daughter with a dieffenbachia, Tanya struggles to shake off her guilt. Her self-judgment is more merciless than police interrogations and social worker checks. While the external conflict is resolved, the internal one only intensifies. The child's life is no longer in danger, but the heroine must fight to preserve herself.

'Poison' is a universal story of female pain told in a personal way. It speaks to us about the hypocritical norms of society, the role of women and young mothers in modern Russia.

'Poison' is a precise, profound, and very frank reflection on the topic of modern motherhood. Motherhood, which combines shame, social censure, and the trademark 'ideal parenting.' Every word will resonate with painful recognition in the soul of any reasonably good mother. 'You are not alone,' the author says through her story. A very important book that I would like to give to not only every mother, but also everyone around her.

Tatyana Sheremet, journalist, blogger, mother of three