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Once upon a time, there was a war and Andrew Chornavka and his family were caught up in its fires.
Love, betrayal, sacrifice, heroism, savagery, things amazing and miraculous, it was all part of his world, and the world of his brothers and sisters, as armies clashed and battles raged in the skies and on the ground. Yet, the wars of the heart were no less fiery and painful, and the hunt to find hope and meaning within nations ripped apart by conflict,...
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This is the story of a war. But, it is also a story of human love and beauty and faith that the sun will rise again over a nation torn by terrible conflict.
If a novel is like live streaming video, then poetry is a gallery of HD images taken with your iPhone or Nikon DSLR, each picture sharp and crystalline, and rich with color and meaning, etched in your mind forever thanks to its precision and brilliance.
This is a small book of such high definition...
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Andrew Chornavka took on the Trappist's cowl and disappeared from the 21st-century in order to forget the century before.
Yet even at the secluded monastery in America, the past finds him. A delegation from the Vatican arrives with questions about his youngest sister, Zoya, who is, to Andrew's shock, a candidate for sainthood. Reluctant, hostile, wanting only to be left alone, to his dairy herd and gardens and prayers, Andrew eventually begins to...
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Yura's total existence has had a rough start. His mother's breakdown, his brother's chronic illness and his father's physical abuse have turned his 24/7 into a quest for healing on every level imaginable – mental, emotional, spiritual.
But where will the healing come from? Choi Jeans, the tattooed CrossFit Goth who believes his destiny lies in the zodiac? Zoryana, the six-two goddess and jazz dancer who thinks her love and a condo in Europe should...
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When the Chornavka family emigrate to Ukraine and return to their family's roots, they are expecting to experience a Communist utopia of peace and prosperity. But, Stalin's ruthless purge of the Ukrainian people shatters their lives.
Unable to return to Canada or America, the Chornavkas can only try to survive what millions of others cannot. Rising above the carnage and death, they find life, faith and hope once more. But, their courage is tested...
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Exquisitely written, the tale is as simple as it is complex in its scope. Freeman Chernenko's maternal grandmother, a Ukrainian immigrant to America, is known in the Russian Orthodox Church as a saint because of her Joan-of-Arc-like role during World War Two. Having gone to fight in the present conflict among Russia, Ukraine, and Ukraine rebels, Freeman is assigned to defend a shrine to St. Zoya. A religious skeptic, Freeman is shocked to discover...
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