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Read two fiction books so far for September, although one was surprisingly different than what I expected. The Child Thief by Dan Smith, did have a child thief , but the reason for taking them was not what I thought would happen , as in so many others of this genre. Time , place and atmosphere of an Ukrainian winter told the story of one man's determination to get his niece back , with the backstory of newly enforced communism rule. The man and his village are waiting to lose there homes, small farms, and property by Russian soldiers. Then he must leave to find his niece , by tracking her through the snow, and passes other villages along the way, all left to the same fate. Very well plotted story with new twists and turns along the way. Although gruesome in parts, it read more like a historical novel. and the times he was living in.
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