The Silence of Trees - Official ABNA Entrant

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Too often the women of history have been silenced, but their stories have power to reveal, to teach, and to transform. This is one such story . . .

Valya Dudycz Lupescu

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Oblivious of the dangers that surround her in World War II Ukraine, sixteen-year-old Nadya sneaks out in the middle of the night to ask a fortuneteller about her lover. She returns to find her house on fire, her family missing, and her boyfriend suspected in their disappearance. The couple flees to escape the invading Russian army, but only Nadya survives, ending up in a Displaced Workers camp in Germany. There she meets Pavlo, and fear and loneliness bind her to him. She chooses to leave the past behind as they begin anew in America. After a lifetime of love and loss, Nadya is forced to confront her ghosts when an envelope arrives from Ukraine. In Nadya’s world, myth and magic are a part of daily life-house spirits misplace eyeglasses and sewing needles, a fortuneteller’s cards can predict the future, and the dead softly whisper secrets in the night. Nadya must decide how to appease her dead, and in doing so she may finally find a way to start living.

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