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The Lost Daughters of Ukraine
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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The Lost Daughters of Ukraine
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Summary
The brand-new historical novel from Erin Litteken, bestselling author of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv, based on her family's heart-wrenching escape from war-torn Europe.
A story of the strength of the human spirit, the personal cost of conflict and how love can be found even in the darkest times.
Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost family during the Holodomor, loved ones in Stalin's purges, and war looms once more on the horizon.
Vika lives in fear for her children. She and her sister survived the terror famine by leaving their whole family behind. Now, years later, many believe the Germans will free them from the Soviets, but she’s not so sure. Should they stay in Volhynia or flee the approaching Eastern front?
Liliya has lost too much in her 17 years. As those around her join the resistance, Liliya wonders how she can fight for her friends, family, and country. When the choice is made for her, can she find the will to survive and protect those still with her?
Twelve-year-old Halya is struggling to discover who she is. But as the war escalates, can her mother Katya’s tactics keep her safe from the Nazi soldiers rounding up slave laborers? How can a child survive the horrors of war on her own?
These daughters of Ukraine will face devastation and loss as they fight to survive and protect the ones they love.
A gripping story of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
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- Chocky
- 11-02-24
Good story
The story was good and interesting. However, the poor pronunciation of Ukrainian words became VERY ANNOYING! This spoilt the audio experience.
The author should have enlisted a narrator with an excellent command of the Ukrainian language. My father fought against the russians in the 2nd world war and was also a displaced person. I was born in the UK and speak read and write Ukrainian fluently as do the majority of the diaspora. I’m sure that in America there are many Ukrainians that could have done the audio with the proper pronunciation and given credit to the overall story/listen. No effort has been given to pronouncing Ukrainian words correctly. For this I give 1 *. Listening to this became very annoying.
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- Josh Goodes
- 27-03-24
Excellent historical novel
A excellent book. Incredibly gritty and realistic, filled with amazing emotion and the fact that this is inspired by real history adds so much to the weight of the story. Highly recommend.
The only downside is that the narrator, while good for the most part, does a poor job with the voices for the characters. There's a decent amount of emotion there, but there is virtually zero distinction between characters, so it can be a little difficult to emotionally attach yourself to someone who sounds the same as the narrator, as well as the fact that it's often confusing to distinguish who is talking while two characters are in conversation with each other.
But overall, this didn't negatively impact the audiobook a huge amount, and I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for an emotional and historical novel. I look forward to more books by this author.
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- Eala
- 19-12-23
Utter Waste of Money
Totally confusing book, flitting back and forth randomly. I simply couldn't get into this. Too many characters going back and forth. I kept having to go back to the beginning to try and differentiate between the characters. Would not recommend.
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