The Lost Year

When I started hearing reviews about The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh, I thought to myself that I wasn't going to read it because one of the timelines was during Covid. I had lived through that and didn't need to read about it, thank you very much! 

I kept hearing fabulous review after fabulous review, so I looked into it more. When I found out it was about the 1930's famine in Ukraine (a part of the world that has held my heart for many years) I decided to give it a try, and now this book is probably one of my favorite, not only from this year, but top ten favorites of all time! I guess the moral of the story here is not to judge a book by the pandemic! 

This story is about cousins on the opposite side of the world during a devastating famine that left Soviet Ukraine in a dire and life-altering  situations. 

It is like nothing I have ever read before. It has multiple time lines and a family story that will leave you trying to catch your breath at the revelations within it's pages. This is a truly remarkable, beautiful story of family and the power of stories! 

Please read this book as it is breath-takingly poetic! 

Now, go and READ! 

Grab your copy here: The Lost Year