Bøger af Marina Sonkina

These are profoundly moving tales of love, longing and redemption told by people of all walks of life: a Chilean expat returning to Chile after twenty-five years of absence, only to confront the secret he hoped would be forgotten; a widower who finds new meaning of life in conversations with a five-year-old; a US Vietnam dodger looking for eternal life in the myths of First Nations; a writer whose art triumphs over the pains of unrequited love.

At the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, Canadian author Marina Sonkina flew to the Ukrainian-Polish border to volunteer in a refugee camp using her knowledge of Russian and some Ukrainian. The suffering on a massive scale was beyond what she could possibly expect. "Putin's destruction of Ukraine left me with dismay and utter helplessness. The world order as we knew it, after WWII, was unraveling in Europe in front of my eyes, and I could do nothing about it. Evil always shouts loud; goodness is quiet. But when I came as a volunteer to a transition refugees centre at the Polish-Ukrainian border, I saw an outpour of good will on an unprecedented scale. This book is a celebration of magnanimity that lives in the heart of each of us and comes forth when called upon. It is also a homage to the millions of destitute Ukrainian women, faced with the daunting task of rebuilding their lives and the lives of their children with patient courage, moral grace, and faith in the ultimate victory of goodness over evil."