The Last Green Valley: A Novel

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The narrative opens with the Martels packing a wagon in preparation to travel west under the protection of Nazi soldiers. I thought this section was interesting and, for me, ultimately added to the whole reading experience. I’ve read a wide variety of WW2 historic fiction, but this was my introduction to Black Sea Germans and The Long Trek from Ukraine to Germany. If God giveth, Stalin taketh away,” Emil mumbled, and refused to give the home he’d built any more attention.

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I'd helped our church group clean the park where seventy years earlier Nazi gunmen lined up Jewish men, women and children near a ravine's edge so their bodies would drop into a ready-made mass grave that would house 100,000 bodies. And coming full-circle, I'd spent weeks every summer in Hamilton, Montana, my father's birthplace and the place where one of the sons in this immigrant family settled with his family; truly a glorious Last Green Valley for the family.With 84% forest and farm, we are the last swath of dark night sky in the coastal sprawl between Boston and Washington DC.

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I think the issue I had with this had to do with the first half of the book being a tight story that for the most part, took place over a short period of time. Instead of caving to suffering and oppression, Adeline led her family to hold firmly to faith and boldly claim that beauty would come from every cruelty they faced. The printing and binding were top notch, as was font size, the book is however a bit on the heavy side so not too travel friendly. More information about her editorial services and non-fiction works can be found at her web site/blog www. Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood��� Germans?The corridor has a high concentration of state parks, state forests and other reserves, such as the Yale-Myers Forest, Pachaug State Forest, and the Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary. There is a literal and visceral reaction to the scenes described in the story of the Martel family that cannot be easily overlooked or so casually glossed over. When the refugees arrive at the train station in Oradea, Romania, they are forced to leave behind most of their possessions.

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This is a book that should be read in secondary schools, to teach our young people about how Europe was devastated by the battles and the inhumanity of man. At such a horrific time, they showed incredible fortitude, persistence, faith, bravery, courage and it’s inspiring. A wide, quiet corridor of pretty villages and dreamy landscapes hidden within one of the most densely populated parts of the country. When the Soviet Union invades Ukraine during World War II, Emil and Adeline decide to flee with their two young sons, Will and Walt.And the second thing was a somewhat schmaltzy, if understandable, religious theme that just came up a little bit too much. Rest assured, though, that this will be a story where the characters, as well as myself, will go in deep and come out with our humanity intact. This book is based on a part of history I wasn’t aware of, how the Germans tried to fill their cities with German families who had moved years ago to the Ukraine. The killing Ukraine famine where millions died under the failed policies of Joseph Stalin in 1932 and 1933. Their resilience in the face of such overwhelming events - you just have to admire and respect them enormously.

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I’ve read many historical fiction books over the past few years and this is one of the best, based on a true story about a family fleeing Stalin and heading West towards the end of World War 2. Her husband startled and stared at Adeline as if she were part of a nightmare and then a desperately welcome dream. Not long after, we take a quick detour up a winding road into Brooklyn, and feel a sense of anticipation as The Golden Lamb Buttery looms into view. Beneath a Scarlet Sky is in my top 5 for WWII historical fiction so it only figures that while The Last Green Valley was one of my most anticipated reads when it was released, I waited until now to read it. Perhaps Sullivan has not strayed so far from the stories he set the stage for as he would have thought.I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Lake Union Publishing) or author (Mark T. It’s not easy to digest the horrific atrocities — but it’s a book worth reading > with a few wondrous blessings as well. But saying that I really enjoyed this and now can’t wait to read his previous novel, Beneath the scarlet sky. Adeline is reunited with her cousin Marie, a nurse who assists with Rese’s care until the train reaches Poland.