In May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl; living in Leningrad; worrying about her homework and the boy she liked; and keeping a diary of her hopes and dreams. On June 22; 1941; Hitler declared war on the Soviet Union. Leningrad was besieged. Lena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving; its citizens dying in the hundreds of thousands. Lena records the desperate hunt for food; the bitter cold of the Russian winter and the cruel deaths of those she loved. A truly remarkable account; this is the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman.
#915769 in Books 2013-09-26Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.23 x 1.05 x 7.55l; 1.98 #File Name: 1442601906512 pages
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