THE CHILD OF UKRAINE IBD

Sinopsis

Ukraine, 1940.áShe cups her daughterâÇÖs face with her trembling hands, imprinting it on her mind.áâÇÖI love you. Be brave,âÇÖáshe whispers through her tears, her heart breaking into a thousand pieces. Sending her child away is the only way to keep her safe. But will she ever see her again?When war rips their country apart,áJuliaáis sent away by her tearful parents in the dead of night, clutching her motherâÇÖs necklace and longing for one last embrace. But soon she is captured by Nazi soldiers and forced into a German labour camp, where behind a tall fence topped with cruel barbed wire, she has never felt more alone.Just as she begins to give up on all hope, Julia meetsáHenry, a young man from her village who shares her heart full of dreams. And when she feels a fluttering in her belly that grows and grows, she longs to escape the camp and begin a new life with their child.áBut then Julia is forced to make a terrible choice. A choice no mother should have to make.New York,á2011.áWith her heart shattered and her life changed forever by the shadows of war, as the years go by Julia thinks she will never be whole again. For decades she has been carrying a terrible secret with her, her every moment tainted by tragedy and loss since those dark days of the war.But when she receives a phone call in the middle of the night, far away from the home and family she lost in the war,áwill Julia finally be reunited with the missing piece of her heart?áOr is it too late for her wounds to heal?Based on the incredible true story of the authorâÇÖs grandparents,áThe Child of Ukraineáis a breathtakingly powerful tale of love, loss and family secrets, perfect for fans ofáThe Four Winds,áThe Last Green Valley, andáThe Nightingale.This novel was previously published under the nameáMotherland.What readers are saying aboutáThe Child of Ukraine:âÇÖWOW!áIáabsolutely loved thisástory...ábeyond heartbreaking...áincredible... I read it in less than 48 hours andáwas totally hooked from start to finish...áa must read.âÇÖ Amazon reviewer â¡Èâ¡Èâ¡Èâ¡Èâ¡È