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The Harvest Keeper: Based on a True Story of Surviving Stalin's Holodomor Famine in Ukraine

by Tammy a. Borden

A family’s struggle during the Holodomor

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A family’s struggle during the Holodomor

Set in Ukraine from 1927 into the famine years of 1932, the novel centers on Amalia as Soviet authorities seize land and food and tighten control over village life. With her family under threat, her effort to protect her children unfolds against the Holodomor, the forced famine that forms the book’s historical backdrop. The story is inspired by true accounts from the author’s family, connecting one mother’s experience to a wider period of loss and survival. Its central concerns include hunger, state violence, family bonds, endurance, and the preservation of hope amid persecution.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers of historical fiction set in Ukraine and the Soviet era
  • Readers interested in fictional accounts inspired by family history
  • Readers seeking stories about famine, persecution, and a parent’s efforts to protect family

Themes

The Holodomor and forced famineFamily bonds and parental protectionPersecution and survivalLoss and hope

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Book overview

Stalin is starving Ukraine. Millions are dying. One mother will risk everything to save her family.

 

UKRAINE, 1927. The harvest is abundant. Food is plentiful. Amalia's family is whole. But the world as she knows it is unraveling, and she must now fight to save her family. Alone.

 

By 1932, Stalin and his Soviet forces tighten their grip on Ukraine, seizing land, confiscating food, pounding on doors in the dead of night and sending dissenters on one-way trains to the gulags. Hiding even a single handful of grain becomes a death sentence, and entire villages fall silent as famine spreads.

 

In this perilous time, Amalia must confront unrelenting hunger and cruelty. Everything is stripped away, still she clings to one belief. One hope. One prayer. Her children will survive. But only if hunger or Stalin's men don't take her first.

 

Set against the harrowing backdrop of the Holodomor-Stalin's forced famine in Ukraine-this rich, sweeping historical novel, inspired by true accounts of the author's family, brings to life one of the most devastating and overlooked tragedies of the 20th century. Through loss, endurance, and fragile hope, Amalia's journey reveals the strength of a mother's love and the quiet courage it takes to survive when the world is determined to break you.

 

Perfect for readers of World War II and Soviet-era historical fiction, this powerful novel based on a true story sheds light on a hidden genocide nearly erased from history, and the resilience of those who survived.

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