Hercules, Olia | STRONG ROOTS

Boken utforskar teman kopplade till identitet och kultur genom djupgående analyser och insikter.

• Utforska Ukrainas historia genom matlagning.

• En unik kombination av humaniora och arkeologi.

• Utgiven som pocket.

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781526662934

Omfång: 288 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2026-02-12

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'An instant classic' NIGELLA LAWSON

'Sweeping, intimate, defiant and brimming with love' LOUISE KENNEDY

'It is the roots that keep the trees from falling during a storm. Olia Hercules tells us that the same is true for people and nations' SERHII PLOKHY

I am writing this story without knowing its end: it begins long before I was born and will continue long after I die. I am writing this story to help myself heal and to make you understand.

Strong Roots is the story of a century in Ukraine told through four generations of one extraordinary family. It takes us from years of Russification, to Olia's grandmother's deportation to snowy wastelands under Stalin, to her Aunt Zhenia's school protest, to her own parents' flight from Ukraine when their town was occupied in 2022.

This is an ode to the land, to ideas of home and belonging, and to family stories and recipes passed down the generations - the tang of sour cherries, the best way to make borsch. It is an account of resilience in the hardest of circumstances.

Strong Roots brims with hope and grief. It lays bare the compromises and betrayals of generations struggling and surviving through war, peace, invasion and exile. It is an uplifting reminder of how much the human spirit can endure when born from a land rich with strong roots.

Strong Roots av Olia Hercules hittar du under Personliga berättelser inom Historiska biografier i huvudkategorin Biografier | Memoarer.

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