Like a River From Its Course, Kelli Stuart
Like a River From Its Course, Kelli Stuart
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Like a River From Its Course

Author: Kelli Stuart

Narrator: Romy Nordlinger

Unabridged: 14 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 01/23/2018


Synopsis

Winner of the 2017 American Christian Fiction Writers’ Carol Award --Best Christian Fiction of the Year

An epic novel exposing the ugliness of war and the beauty of hope.  The city of Kiev was bombed in Hitler's blitzkrieg across the Soviet Union, but the constant siege was only the beginning for her citizens. In this sweeping historical saga, Kelli Stuart takes the reader on a captivating journey into the little—known history of Ukraine's tragedies through the eyes of four compelling characters who experience the same story from different perspectives.

Maria Ivanovna is only fourteen when the bombing begins and not much older when she is forced into work at a German labor camp. She must fight to survive and to make her way back to her beloved Ukraine.
Ivan Kyrilovich is falsely mistaken for a Jew and lined up with 34,000 other men, women, and children who are to be shot at the edge of Babi Yar, the "killing ditch." He survives, but not without devastating consequences.

Luda is sixteen when German soldiers rape her. Now pregnant with the child of the enemy, she is abandoned by her father, alone, and in pain. She must learn to trust family and friends again and find her own strength in order to discover the redemption that awaits.

Frederick Hermann is sure in his knowledge that the Führer's plans for domination are right and just. He is driven to succeed by a desire to please a demanding father and by his own blind faith in the ideals of Nazism. Based on true stories gathered from fifteen years of research and interviews with Ukrainian World War II survivors, Like a River from Its Course is a story of love, war, heartache, forgiveness, and redemption.

About The Author

Kelli Stuart is the coauthor of Dare 2B Wise and has written for several brands including Disney, American Girl, and Short Fiction Break. She has served as editor-in-chief for the St. Louis Bloggers Guild and as a board member for the St. Louis Women in Media. In addition to her writing, Kelli has spent twenty years studying Ukranian culture. Kelli lives in Florida and blogs at KelliStuart.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

A chilling and lyrical look at a snatch of history not often told in inspirational fiction. Stuart's resplendent research seeps into every page and into the experience of three main characters who haunt you while winnowing their way into your heart. Deftly written, beautifully provocative, this is not......more

Goodreads review by Carrie

Kelli Stuart’s historical fiction debut, Like a River From Its Course, is simultaneously heartbreaking and inspiring; it is also much more than a story. It honors the men and women from the Ukraine who fought to keep living amid the ravages of a war they didn’t ask for. It honors the memory of those......more

Goodreads review by Jocelyn

I read this book in two days, which should not surprise anyone who begins reading it. Kelli Stuart draws you in from the first moment. There is a lot of World War 2 fiction out there, so it's impressive and refreshing to find in this novel a lesser-known slice of that history. The Ukrainian experien......more

Goodreads review by Kav

The kind of story that seeps into your bones and makes your heart hurt and rejoice all that the same time. Gripping. Evocative. Raw. This isn't a novel for the faint of heart, but it is one that deserves to be read and celebrated in memory of the many victims and survivors of the atrocities inflicte......more