Mitchell Shandi: Under This Unbroken Sky
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Жанр : Orion Books
Издательство : Orion Books
Год издания : 2010
Аннотация:
Set in 1938 on the Canadian Prairies, UNDER THIS UNBROKEN SKY, tells the story of a farming family from the Ukraine who, having survived war and Stalin's labour camps, set out to make a living from an unrelenting land in a new country. The harsh vicissitudes of farming life and tensions within the family combine to generate a conflict that ends in tragedy. Theo Mykolayenko returns to his family after a year in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. With unremitting resolve, he takes to the land, and as the crops grow, his family heals and strengthens. But the return of his sister's husband with an unforgivable plan threatens to take away everything they have built...