Blockade Diary Illustrated by Jeffry Mitchell * Paperback with flaps

* Paperback with flaps

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Blockade Diary Illustrated by Jeffry Mitchell * Paperback with flapsWhat happens when ordinary life is erased overnight? In September 1941, as German forces closed in on Leningrad, thirty four year old Elena Kochina was a teacher, wife, and mother living a comfortable life in one of the Soviet Union's great cultural centers. Within weeks, that world had vanished. Food disappeared, winter descended, and survival became a daily struggle. Written as events unfolded, Blockade Diary is a remarkable firsthand account of the