WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV'If you read only one
book about the war this is the one to read.' -Henry Marsh author of Do No Harm'Unforgettable.
An immediate history of a cruel war and a personal chronicle of unbearable loss' -Simon
Sebag-Montefiore author of The World Killed by shrapnel as he served in the Ukrainian Armed
Forces Olesya Khromeychuk's brother Volodymyr died on the frontline in eastern Ukraine. As
Khromeychuk tries to come to terms with losing her brother she also tries to process the
Russian invasion of Ukraine: as a historian of war as a woman and as a sister. In a thoughtful
blend of memoir and essay Olesya Khromeychuk tells the story of her brother - and of Ukraine.
Beautifully written and giving unique poignant insight into the lives of those affected it is
an urgent act of resistance against the dehumanising cruelty of war. 'If you want to understand
Ukraine's determination to resist Olesya Khromeychuk's book is essential.' -Paul Mason author
of How to Stop Fascism[A] tender and courageous book... Khromeychuk's clear-sighted prose
expresses the pain that thousands even millions have felt in every conflict past and
present. -The Literary Review Magazine'A touching and brilliantly written account about grief
and also about strength. I read it in one night.' -Olia Hercules