#Book on Tour #Book Review #The Lost Daughters of Ukraine # Erin Litteken #Boldwood Books Publisher #World War 2 Historical Fiction
MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW Well-researched and beautifully written, thought-provoking war events taking place in 1943: Ukraine: Story of three daughters in Ukraine during the Nazi occupation of Soviet Ukraine unfolds; Liliya lost her beloved brother and mother to death in the hands of Soviets who were capturing and killing the members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists UPA. The Germans had violated the Soviet line near Volodymyr and they entered into Volhynian territory with tanks, airplanes, and bullets bursting through. She was raised by her father. Liliya lived in the middle of the war, during this time Ukrainians are not allowed to go to school by the Germans, even then her desire was to attend the Ukrainian free university in Prague. She wanted to go there when the war was over. While turning 17, Liliya understood marriage is not the answer to everything, she wished to see the world. She had her dream to see the world and study birds and wildlife....