Helen Dunmore - The Siege
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This is a brilliant novel set in Leningrad in September 1941. It tells of love in a time of unimaginable hardship.
The horrific reality of a siege is being played out again in the Middle East and Russian history is relevant to the war in Ukraine.
Helen Dunmore was a major literary talent.
Helen died of cancer in 2017.
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