From the tyranny of Stalin through the desperation of World War II, this is a story of struggle and survival, of devotion, duty, and family, and of love lost and sometimes found again.
June 1941. Hitler’s armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavayeva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city.
On Leningrad’s outskirts, Admiral Vasili Antonov defends his homeland and fights for a future with Sofya. Meanwhile, Yelena’s soldier fiancé transports food across the Ice Road—part of the desperate effort to save Leningrad. With their help, the two women inch toward survival, but the war still exacts a steep personal price, even as Sofya’s reckoning with a family secret threatens to finish what Hitler started.
Equal parts war epic, family saga, and love story, Lost Souls of Leningrad brings to vivid life this little-known chapter of World War II in a tale of two remarkable women—grandmother and granddaughter—separated by years and experience but of one heart in their devotion to each other and the men they love. Neither the oppression of Stalin nor the brutality of Hitler can destroy their courage, compassion, or will in this testament to resilience.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Author’s Note
- Map
- The Knock at the Door
- Betrayal
- The Philharmonic
- Condolences
- The Past Returns
- A Second Chance
- Springtime Under Stalin
- Preparing for the Inevitable
- The First Day
- The People’s Volunteer Corps
- Freedom, of a Sort
- The Dacha
- Evacuation
- Badayev Bombed
- Search for a Scapegoat
- The Noose Tightens
- Gostiny Dvor
- Evacuation Redux
- The Library
- Everyman’s War
- Finland Station
- The Airman
- School Number 98
- The Bomb Shelter
- Kronstadt
- Path of Despair
- Burning the Books
- Sasha
- The Orphanage
- The Road of Life
- One Night in Leningrad
- The Refugee Road
- Music Restored
- A Rush to the Grave
- The Seventh Symphony
- Road of Death
- The Attacks Intensify
- Pavel
- Interlude
- Ode to Leningrad
- The Proposal
- Truth-Telling
- Aleksandr Pavelovich Antonov
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Selected Titles from She Writes Press
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