Excerpt from Looking at Women Looking at War by Victoria Amelina, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Yasya's father will die near Bakhmut in August 2022, and his body will not be recovered. He will not get to see his daughter die. Yasya still hasn't gotten Kaftrio. New York stands. Many houses, three schools, a kindergarten, and a library are damaged or ruined. But New York stands; the front line in this area didn't move an inch.

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