02085cam a2200277 4500 607920615 TxAuBib 20230111120000.0 221015s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781647422677 PAP 17.95 1647422671 PAP 17.95 TxAuBib Parry, Suzanne. Lost souls of Leningrad [BOOK] / Suzanne Parry. Pbk ed. Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2022. vii, 333 pages : illustration ; 22 cm. June 1941. Hitler's armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavayeva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city. On Leningrad's outskirts, Admiral Vasili Antonov defends his homeland and fights for a future with Sofya. Meanwhile, Yelena's soldier fianč transports food across the Ice Road--part of the desperate effort to save Leningrad. With their help, the two women inch toward survival, but the war still exacts a steep personal price, even as Sofya's reckoning with a family secret threatens to finish what Hitler started. Equal parts war epic, family saga, and love story, Lost Souls of Leningrad brings to vivid life this little-known chapter of World War II in a tale of two remarkable women--grandmother and granddaughter--separated by years and experience but of one heart in their devotion to each other and the men they love. Neither the oppression of Stalin nor the brutality of Hitler can destroy their courage, compassion, or will in this testament to resilience. 20230111. Widows Fiction. Women violinists Fiction. Grandparent and child Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Saint Petersburg (Russia) History Siege, 1941-1944 Fiction. Historical fiction.