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Hope for Ukraine by Kyle Duncan and Esther Fedorkevich

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  Stories of Grit and Grace from the Front Lines of the War This is definitely a contemporary book written just a few months after the war with Ukraine started. Kyle and his wife had adopted a son from Ukraine a few years prior and so there is a connection with Ukraine that a lot of us would not have. I enjoyed the stories,but didn't feel like there was really that much front-line stories.  A lot of stories seem to either go back years or focus more on the war that started back in 2014.  The most interesting story to me was following his journey across the border and how long it took to cross over as an immigrant.  I'm not quite sure how to describe this book. I enjoyed it, but it didn't quite have the front lines of war that I expected and maybe that is more because I expected more tales of close escapes or of hiding in the basement for weeks before being rescued. I had to remind myself that this book was written so soon after the war started that there a lot of stories th