The Photograph - by Kat Karpenko (Paperback)

About the Book

Ukraine 1928. Stalin has risen to power and started to implement plans that will change the country forever. Inspired by a family photo, 'The Photograph' centers on a farewell party and a family divided. There are those who will stay, and those who will leave. What happens to those who stay is written in the pages of history as the Holodomor, the Ukrainian Genocide, or the Terror-Famine.

Book Synopsis

Ukraine 1928. Stalin has risen to power and started to implement plans that will change the country forever. Inspired by a family photo, 'The Photograph' centers on a farewell party and a family divided. There are those who will stay, and those who will leave. What happens to those who stay is written in the pages of history as the Holodomor, the Terror-Famine orchestrated by Stalin, responsible for the loss of millions of lives.

The Holodomor was one of the worst genocides in global history. In this historically accurate novel, the reader will see a family facing events on the ground level. Some members saw the impending doom, others were unprepared, undecided, or unmovable for too long. Experiencing the lives of victims and survivors during these dramatic times goes beyond the history books.

About the Author

Kat Karpenko has had a varied writing career as a journalist, technical writer, and author of short stories as well as her first historical novel 'Emma's Ghost.' Of Ukrainian descent, she was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada but spent most of her life in Nova Scotia where she was employed in various administrative capacities at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Now retired, she shares her time between Canada and Mexico and devotes her energy to creative writing bringing to life researched historical events.