{"product_id":"9781804157596-memory-keeper-of-kyiv","title":"The Memory Keeper of Kyiv","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most powerful, important historical novel of 2022. \"A powerfully moving debut . Ukraine’s tragic history painfully echoes its current crisis, and on every page the Ukrainian spirit shines out, unbowed, unbent and unbroken.” Kate Quinn, author of The Diamond Eye\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResistance 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeventy years later, a young widow discovers her grandmother’s journal, one that will reveal the long-buried secrets of her family’s haunted past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a story of the resilience of the human spirit, the love that sees us through our darkest hours and the true horror of what happened during the Holodomor.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMay we never forget, lest history repeat itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003c\/strong\u003e of the \u003cstrong\u003eShe Reads Best Historical Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e of 2022 Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003c\/strong\u003e of the \u003cstrong\u003eWomen's Fiction Writers Association Star Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A compelling and intimate story of love and survival. Harrowing and haunting . yet, at the same time, it is sensitive, beautiful and inspiring. Everybody should read this story, especially now. I cannot recommend it highly enough.\" \u003cstrong\u003eChristy Lefteri, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Beekeeper of Aleppo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e**\u003cbr\u003e \"A stunning portrait of Ukraine and its people, of strength, of endurance, of the fight for survival during the forced famine, the Holodomor, but also a tender story of Katya, a grandmother whose hidden history holds the power to guide her granddaughter through the darkness of loss and grief, toward life and a limitless future. 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