The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine

byKatherine Marsh

Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas, and his mum has moved his great-grandmother in with them to ride out the pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation. But when Matthew finds a photo in his great-grandmothers belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past, one that will reveal a life-shattering family secret. Set in alternating timelines that connect the present day to the 1930s and the US to the USSR, Katherine Marshs latest novel sheds light on the Holodomor - the horrific famine that killed millions of Ukrainians.

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