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Winter of Siege

In 1941 Anna Borisovna Leonova is eighteen and living in Leningrad, a major city in Stalin’s Soviet Union, while she dreams of studying botany at the institute. But Anna’s dreams are shattered when her scientist mother, Svetlana, disappears on a field trip into Finland, Russia’s enemy, and she is accused of treason.  When Germany attacks the Soviet Union, Anna is hastily evacuated by her father, but she vows to return to the besieged city to find her mother, no matter what horrors await her. She is helped on her journey by cheeky Grigor and handsome Volodya, a truck driver. Citizens of Leningrad are dying of starvation during the harsh winter of 1941/1942 until Lake Ladoga, at the city’s back door, freezes over, allowing its brave truck drivers to transport provisions along the ice road —the Road of Life. Anna arrives in a city that offers no heat, no light, no food and little water. Thousands are dropping dead in the icy streets. But help comes from unexpected places, and she copes with the suffering while she continues the seemingly futile search for her mother. Luckily, she has a plan  …          Order Now: (click here) Reviews - (click here)