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Philipovna : daughter of sorrow / Valentina Gal.
Van Pelt Library DK508.835.K97 G35 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gal, Valentina.
- Series:
- MiroLand Imprint ; 20.
- MiroLand imprint ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Victims of famine.
- History.
- Ukraine--History--Famine, 1932-1933.
- Ukraine.
- Ukraine--History--20th century--Biography.
- Kyslenko, Vera.
- Victims of famine--Ukraine--Biography.
- Local Subjects:
- Kyslenko, Vera.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 277 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : Miroland Publishers, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Philipovna: The Daughter of Sorrow is a creative non-fiction based on my mother's surviving the holodomor [the Ukrainian starvation] in the early 1930's. It is the story of an orphan who goes to live with her aunt in a rural village in the Ukrainian countryside. The aunt swears on her dead sister's Bible that Vera Philipovna, the daughter of a cobbler and seamstress from Chercassy Ukraine will survive no matter what might befall the family. No one foresees the horrors that they will have to face between the fall of 1930 and the spring of 1933. In the end, out of a healthy extended family, only Philipovna, a cousin and the aunt survive. The acts of real savagery which are perpetrated on the village are unflinchingly narrated by a pre-pubescent girl who also gives us a good grasp of the beauty and richness of the Ukrainian culture with its customs and celebrations."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Describes how in the early 1930s, tactics of deliberate starvation and denial of basic rights were used to force the people of Ukraine to surrender to the Stalin regime. The story is told through the eyes of a young girl who witnessed the brutal results of what has been called a 'crime against humanity.' This book illustrates the fragility of human rights and how such rights can easily be obliterated by corruption and power yet it is a very accessible and exciting read"--Page 4 of cover.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Gal, Valentina, 1952-, author. Philipovna.:
- ISBN:
- 9781771833691
- 1771833696
- 9781771833707
- 177183370X
- 9781771833714
- 1771833718
- OCLC:
- 1080217287
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