The Snow Hare

<p><b>''Wonderful . . . a vivid and endearing pictures of family life'' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>''Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure, this is an esquisite, compelling study of survival and emotional resilience'' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>Lena has her life mapped out. While her sister obsesses about fortune-telling gypsies and marriage, Lena studies the way the heart works. She isn''t going to let being a girl stop her from becoming one of Poland''s first female doctors. But the world has other plans for Lena. Instead of university she finds herself a reluctant army wife, lonely and unmoored by the emotions of motherhood. And as she tries to accept a different future from the one she wanted, the threat of global war becomes reality. Lena must face just how unpredictable life can be. <br><br><br>Deemed Enemies of State by the invading Soviets, she and her family are exiled from their Polish village to a work camp in the freezing hell of Siberia. It''s here, despite