THE WRITERS LOUNGE PRESENTS: TERI M. BROWN

Join host Tom Riddell as he welcomes author Teri M. Brown to The Writers Lounge. Sit back and relax as Teri discusses what it's like to be a writer and she will also talk to us about her book: Sunflowers Beneath The Snow.

It starts in 1973. A man places a gun to his own head. He contemplates his death as the result of being a spy for Ukraine and against the brutal regime of the USSR. He was forced to desert his family and now they will have to endure without him. They'll also had to come to grips with a narrative told to them about his demise that increases their anguish and turns them off to a man they once loved.

Ivanna must now find a way to survive in the impoverished Soviet country of Ukraine and she must do it for herself and her young daughter Yevtsye. During the years that follow, she watches her daughter grow into a woman, who develops her own political, religious and societal opinions. Yevtsye's point of view differs greatly with that of her mother, but of course love remains but so do the conflicts. While all this threatens to tear their family apart, Ukraine is on the verge of collapse, and everyone involved is thrusted into the eventual consequences of war. As Ivanna ages, still haunted by the memories of her late husband, she soon becomes a grandmother to Ionna, who is central to her life.

Three generations of women take on surviving in a country that they are devoted to- even if the odds are strongly stacked against them. Born of tenacity and determination, they don't give up.

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