Author Information: Ania Savage is a journalist who has taught at the University of Denver and the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Her writings have appeared in such national publications as the New York Times and USA Today. Wrote the book while traveling to teach at Kyiv State University.

Book Description: Nearly fifty years after fleeing Ukraine during World War II, Ania Savage returned with her mother and aunt--their first trip back to their homeland. She records both the changes they found in Ukraine in the early days of post-Soviet existence and the memories they had gone to seek.

Savage threads personal themes into narratives of Ukraine's larger history, events that include stumbling upon the excavation of a mass grave from the Stalinist era. She moves through the discoveries of her trip with an honest and passionate voice as she witnesses the rebirth of a nation and as she and her family reconnect with their past. (from Texas A&M University Press)

Recommendation: This book was recommended to me by frequent Orange Ukraine reader and commenter WRY: "A low-key account of a woman's trip to Ukraine to visit her mother's home village."

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