THE SNOW HARE by Paula Lichtardwicz - Review & Giveaway

 

THE SNOW HARE (LittleBrownandCompany) is based on author, Paula Lichtarowicz's grandmothers actual experience during WWII. The Soviets rounded up over one million regular towns people from Eastern Poland, labeling them "enemies of the state." They were forced into labor camps in the farthest reaches of Siberia, where half of the deportees died within being released and sent home, to whatever was left of their homes. This is the first time I've read about the Soviets role in WWII. It reveals yet another evil put upon innocent people during the war. 

Is it possible to fall in love at the edge of life?

Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, alongside her husband and child. But as she ages and her end approaches, buried memories begin to return. Of her childhood in Poland, and her passion for science. Of the early days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything.

Memories less welcome return, too. Her Polish village, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her entire family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most haunting memory of all: that of an extraordinary new love.

Exploring motherhood, marriage, consequences, and our incredible human capacity for hope, THE SNOW HARE is a family journey full of regret and eventual acceptance. It's the story of a woman who dares to love and to dream in the face of impossible odds, and of the peace we each must make with our choices, even long after the years have gone by.

Paula was born and raised in the UK under the influence of eccentric Polish relatives and too much Catholic education.

After a diversionary few years working in pubs, management consultancy, television production and hairdressing, she wrote her first novel about girls trapped in a dystopian garden world. She followed this with a surrealist detective story set in Vietnam. Her third book is a story about finding hope and love on the edge of life, influenced by her Polish grandmother's experience in the second world war.

She has a daughter and a dog, and a desire to write, as honestly as possible, stories that address the confusing business of navigating life and human relationships.

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