Return to Ukraine

the long version

"In Return to Ukraine Ania Savage offers an account of her 1991 return to Ukraine with her mother and aunt, their first trip to their homeland since the family fled during World War II. Savage, a journalist traveling to work and teach at Kyiv State University, records her experiences with vivid accuracy. She describes the political turmoil the gripped the country both when she left and during her stay, when Ukraine was struggling to establish a democracy. In a subtext, she also relates the intense emotions the visit created for her and her mother."--BOOK JACKET.