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  • The Memory Keeper of Kyiv

  • Written by: Erin Litteken
  • Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
  • Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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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 four 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.

This 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2022 Erin Litteken (P)2022 Boldwood Books
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Stalin
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Excellent. Heart-wrenching. Triumphant.

This was ... Read it. Just read it. (Or listen to it) And then share it. To learn of the Holodomor, for the first time, at nearly 50 years of age, was both horrifying and humbling. A part of history that was crying out to be told. This book is a gift for the ages.

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beautiful, emotional story

this is so well written, and read. thoroughly enjoyed and cried. highly recommended .

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