{"product_id":"the-ukrainian","title":"The Ukrainian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatia Sinchenko shares her harrowing experience of the Russian invasion of Ukraine alongside a deeply personal history of a country with a long legacy of resistance and resilience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFebruary 24, 2022, was supposed to be an ordinary day. Slightly tipsy and walking home from a party the night before, Katia Sinchenko watched as the sky lit up orange and a crash echoed through the dawn. Somehow, instinctively, she knew she was one of the first witnesses to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a memoir of a woman who grew up in a country constantly forced to reform and rebuild as empires rise and fall around it. Sinchenko takes us through her youth spent learning to assemble a rifle in PE class to an adulthood in exile trying to find a way to fight for her country. But \u003ci\u003eThe Ukrainian\u003c\/i\u003e is also a story about cycles of power and corruption, and how those who ultimately pay the price for these failures are everyday people. Women struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy, children coming of age in the shadow of war, and so many men lost to the frontlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a confident and singular voice, Sinchenko turns her eye as a journalist and documentarian inward and examines what it means to be an ordinary individual fighting for the right to exist in a world that keeps trying to erase both you and your country. This is not a hero's journey, but heroes are not the only ones who can imagine what freedom feels like.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841726460109,"sku":"9798228750791","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_c7950aa4-0d5a-414d-89ab-f6642cdda723.jpg?v=1792171419","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-ukrainian","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}