Strong roots : a Ukrainian family story through war, exile and hope
Hercules, Olia2025
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Olia Hercules has spent a decade travelling across the Ukraine, collecting and preserving precious recipes and traditions from her home country. For nearly as long, she has wanted to share the tales from three generations of her extraordinary family: their quests, their resilience and their sufferings, as well as their joy, their quirks, and their food. Hercules confronts the lineage of Ukrainian history through the perspective of her grandparents who endured forced emigration, near starvation and wrongful imprisonment. She thoughtfully traces her own childhood during the collapse of the Soviet Union and comes to terms with the reality of her career success, inspired by her homeland's customs, at a time when Ukraine is fighting to retain those very customs and its identity in the face of conflict.
Main title:
Strong roots : a Ukrainian family story through war, exile and hope / Olia Hercules.
Author:
Hercules, Olia, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2025.
Collation:
288 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781526662927 (hbk)
Dewey class:
947.7060922947.706092947.706092 HER
Language:
English
Subject:
Hercules, OliaHercules, Olia -- FamilyHercules, Olia -- Homes and haunts -- UkraineUkraine -- History -- 21st centuryUkraine -- Social life and customs -- 21st centuryUkraine -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryUkraine -- History -- 20th centuryUkraine -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryUkraine -- Social conditions -- 20th century
BRN:
3986443