Like a River from Its Course
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Like a River from Its Course by Kelli Stuart
Winner of the 2017 American Christian Fiction Writers' Carol Award --Best Christian Fiction of the Year 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 34,000 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 Fhrer'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 I survivors, Like a River from Its Course is a story of love, war, heartache, forgiveness, and redemption.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780825444142 |
| ISBN 10 | 0825444144 |
| Title | Like a River from Its Course |
| Author | Kelli Stuart |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Kregel Publications,U.S. |
| Year published | 2016-06-27 |
| Number of pages | 363 |
| Prizes | Commended for Christy Awards (First Novel) 2017, Commended for Christy Awards (Historical) 2017 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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