Nina's Story - Paperback

by William J. Millman (Author)

Nina's Story is a novel about love, and hardship, and the triumph of hope over despair. Set in post-WWII Ukraine, the story follows Nina - a young girl born into a poor farming family in the breadbasket of Stalin's Soviet Union - as she learns the most difficult lessons in life by living through one of the most tumultuous periods of recent history. Famine and death stalk the countryside during the darkest days of Stalin's reign, but Nina's inner strength and her love of family carry her ever forward: determined, optimistic and resilient. Like many lives, hers is a mix of tragedy and triumph, one small current in a tidal wave of history.

Author Biography

William J. Millman has worked as a freelance writer as well as a reporter/editor for two Las Vegas newspapers. He later moved to Los Angeles where he wrote and produced radio and TV. After nearly ten years in LA, he joined the U.S. Foreign Service as a diplomat, and has since served in eight countries in addition to traveling to dozens more. He is married with three children and has a home in North Carolina.