Beautiful new book. Nikolai and Dusia from the Russian Ukraine Fall in love and marry. At 18 years old and in horrible pain gives birth to their only child a girl named Alla. Dusia can not bond with her baby and it takes many years for her to tell Alla that she loves her. The Russian Soviets persecute the God fearing Eastern Orthodox Ukrainians. Then WW2 Begins and the Germans fight and plunder the Ukrainians. Alla knows that Grandma Natasha and her dad Nikolai love her and she wonders about God. THe Germans take many young Ukrainians to work in their factories as they Leave the Ukraine, including Dusia, Nikolai and little Alla. Life is Germany is hard. Nikolai dies, Alla contracts TB and her mother marries mean Uncle Vanya. Alla continues to seek for God. She knows that he is there but how can she be closer to him? Alla finds more turbulence in her life until she totally finds God.

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