Description
| Product ID: | 9781647422677 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Lost Souls of Leningrad |
| Subtitle: | A Novel |
| Authors: | Author: Suzanne Parry |
| Page Count: | 344 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), War, combat and military adventure fiction, Second World War fiction, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Historical fiction, War & combat fiction, Second World War fiction, Sagas, Historical fiction |
| Description: | A widowed violinist and her teenage granddaughter are trapped in wartime Leningrad while the men they love fight to break Hitler’s grip in this epic tale of struggle and survival, of devotion, duty, and family, and of love lost and sometimes found again. From the tyranny of Stalin through the desperation of World War II, this is a story of struggle and survival, of devotion, duty, and family, and of love lost and sometimes found again. June 1941. Hitler’s armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavayeva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city. On Leningrad’s outskirts, Admiral Vasili Antonov defends his homeland and fights for a future with Sofya. Meanwhile, Yelena’s soldier fiancé transports food across the Ice Road—part of the desperate effort to save Leningrad. With their help, the two women inch toward survival, but the war still exacts a steep personal price, even as Sofya’s reckoning with a family secret threatens to finish what Hitler started. Equal parts war epic, family saga, and love story, Lost Souls of Leningrad brings to vivid life this little-known chapter of World War II in a tale of two remarkable women—grandmother and granddaughter—separated by years and experience but of one heart in their devotion to each other and the men they love. Neither the oppression of Stalin nor the brutality of Hitler can destroy their courage, compassion, or will in this testament to resilience. |
| Imprint Name: | She Writes Press |
| Publisher Name: | She Writes Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-12-22 |
