num_pages: 352
description: An epic novel exposing the ugliness of war and the beauty of hope. The city of Kiev was bombed in Hitler's blitzkrieg across the Soviet Union but the constant siege was only the beginning for her citizens. In this sweeping historical saga Kelli Stuart takes the reader on a captivating journey into the little--known history of Ukraine's tragedies through the eyes of four compelling characters who experience the same story from different perspectives.Maria Ivanovna is only fourteen when the bombing begins and not much older when she is forced into work at a German labor camp. She must fight to survive and to make her way back to her beloved Ukraine.Ivan Kyrilovich is falsely mistaken for a Jew and lined up with 34000 other men women and children who are to be shot at the edge of Babi Yar the killing ditch. He survives but not without devastating consequences.Luda is sixteen when German soldiers rape her. Now pregnant with the child of the enemy she is abandoned by her father alone and in pain. She must learn to trust family and friends again and find her own strength in order to discover the redemption that awaits.Frederick Hermann is sure in his knowledge that the Fuhrer's plans for domination are right and just. He is driven to succeed by a desire to please a demanding father and by his own blind faith in the ideals of Nazism. Based on true stories gathered from fifteen years of research and interviews with Ukrainian World War II survivors Like a River from Its Course is a story of love war heartache forgiveness and redemption.
language: English
title: Like a River from Its Course
publisher: Kregel Publications