The Book About Father. From My Childhood

"The Book About Father" is not a hastily written work, but a balanced decision that Sofia Yablonska did not dare to make for many years, a work on which she worked during the last 30 years of her life. "Today I am starting a book that is impossible to write, difficult to read and distribute," wrote Sofia Yablonska.

This is a kind of confession, and a message to posterity to indicate "a path for thinking or mental feeling that should not be followed", and a testimony of a great daughter's love.

And also, this is a fascinating story about the Ukraine she dreamed of. Sofia Yablonska was a famous storyteller... Flipping through the pages, you will feel the joyous commotion and fragrances in the kitchen before Christmas, the quiet celebration, "as if an angel flew over the house", at Christmas itself, the delight of returning lilacs to their once abandoned nest, love for the earth and nurturing plants, pride from tidying up the storerooms, everything native – Ukrainian.

The atmosphere of fear and tension during the period of the First World War, when the russian army is about to enter the Galician land, is incredibly realistically conveyed.

You will definitely want to reread this book again and again to feel and experience the truthfulness and openness of feelings, and experiences that you can try on yourself...