02228cam a2200373 i 4500 2426077170 TxAuBib 20250829120000.0 250214s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593537480 HRD 30.00 0593537483 HRD 30.00 (OCoLC)1530803006 TxAuBib rda Hercules, Olia. Strong roots [BOOK] : a memoir of food, family and Ukraine / Olia Hercules. Memoir of food, family and Ukraine. First U.S. hardcover edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. vii, 278 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Strong Roots is the story of a century in Ukraine told through four generations of one extraordinary family. It takes us from years of Russification, to Olia’s grandmother’s deportation to snowy wastelands under Stalin, to her aunt Zhenia’s school protest, to her own parents’ flight from Ukraine when their village was occupied in 2022. This is an ode to the land, to ideas of home and belonging, and to family stories and recipes passed down the generations—the tang of sour cherries, the best way to make borsch. It is an account of resilience in the hardest of circumstances. Strong Roots brims with hope and fear. It lays bare the compromises and betrayals of generations struggling and surviving through war, peace, invasion and exile. It is an uplifting reminder of how much the human spirit can endure when born from a land rich with strong roots.". 20250829. Hercules, Olia. Hercules, Olia. Family. Ukraine Social conditions 20th century. Ukraine Social conditions 21st century. Ukraine Social life and customs 20th century. Ukraine Social life and customs 21st century. Ukraine History 21st century. Ukraine History 20th century. Autobiographies.