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Author Litteken, Erin, author.

Title The memory keeper of Kyiv / Erin Litteken.

Publication Info. London : Boldwood Books Ltd., 2022.

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 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Fiction  F Litteken    ---  Available
Description 304 pages ; 24 cm
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Note Includes a reading group guide.
Summary In the 1930s, Stalin's activists marched through the Soviet Union, espousing the greatness of collective farming. It was the first step in creating a man-made famine that, in Ukraine, stole almost 4 million lives. Inspired by the history the world forgot, and the Russian government denies, Erin Litteken reimagines their story. In 1929, Katya is 16 years old, surrounded by family and in love with the boy next door. When Stalin's activists arrive in her village, it's just a few, a little pressure to join the collective. But soon neighbors disappear, those who speak out are never seen again and every new day is uncertain. Resistance has a price, and as desperate hunger grips the countryside, survival seems more a dream than a possibility. But, even in the darkest times, love beckons. Seventy years later, a young widow discovers her grandmother's journal, one that will reveal the long-buried secrets of her family's haunted past.
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Subject Historical fiction.
War stories.
Kyiv (Ukraine) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Other Form: ebook version : 9781804157572
ISBN 9781804157596 (hardcover) : $32.99
1804157597 (hardcover)
9781804157640 (paperback)
1804157643 (paperback)
Standard No. UKMGB 020518962

 
    
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