Verena Blok : I smell like rain - girlhood in the Polish borderlands

”I Smell Like Rain takes place in Mazury, a rural area located in the northeast of Poland known for its many forests and lakes. As a child I spent all my summers there in a small village and became well acquainted with Natalia, a 12-year old girl. Since her mother’s absence she has been living with her father and four older brothers at home, as the only female in the household. Natalia shares with me the idealized version of the life she would have wanted; a version that does not exist, but that she believes in.”