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ID: 441069
Title: Souvenirs from Kyiv: Unforgettable stories based on the heartbreaking experiences of Ukrainian families during WW2
Author: Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
Narrator: Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger, Jon C. Dixon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:55:25
Language: English
Release date: 05-15-20
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, War & Military
Summary:
Russia has been trying to wipe Ukraine off the world map for thousands of years. They havent succeeded yet. Now, Im picking up my stone and throwing it at Goliath. I want people to understand. I want to save this country. Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger, March 2022
Larissa is a renowned embroiderer, surviving in occupied Ukraine during World War II as a seamstress in her ruin of a workshop. Surrounded by enemies, she expresses her defiance by threading history into her garments. But at what cost?
Mykhailo is a soldier on leave, returning to Ukraine from the front on Christmas Eve. As he travels through his country, he is confronted by the hardship the war has brought to his fellow countrymen. Will what he sees this Christmas change the course of his life forever?
Marusia and her family are woken early one morning by the arrival of the Nazis, who have come to searchfor her partisan brother. As the soldiers move through their house, her family has just moments to make choices that will determine their survival.
Chrystyna Lucyk-Bergers stories bring to life the true history of her Ukrainian family who fought to survive World War II. Laced with hope, Souvenirs from Kyiv celebrates the endurance and resilience of the human spirit.
Souvenirs from Kyivwas awarded 2nd Place in the 2014 HNS International Short Story Award and the collection won the silver medal in the IPPY Book Awards 2020 for Military and Wartime fiction.
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