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From Ashes to Ascent “A Story of Strength, Survival, and Unshakeable Hope”: Volume I Born to Fight and Win! by Amy Granit
https://www.amazon.com/Ashes-Ascent-Strength-Survival-Unshakeable/dp/1326371096
VOLUME I “Born to Fight and Win!”A child of war. A mother’s pain. A daughter’s courage.
Volume I of From Ashes to Ascent reveals Mara’s earliest years—years shaped by the shadows of World War II and the unforgiving realities of a devastated Soviet Union. Born as bombs fell and fathers disappeared, Mara grows up in poverty-stricken barracks, surrounded by hunger, cold, and cruelty. Her mother, broken by grief and loss, becomes both caregiver and tormentor—leaving Mara to navigate a childhood marked by fear, confusion, and emotional isolation.
Yet beneath her frail exterior lives a fighter.
Whether standing up to her mother’s violence, facing the brutal cold of Kazakhstan winters, or carving out moments of joy amid deprivation, Mara discovers her inner strength long before she understands its meaning.
In this gripping and emotional first volume, Amy Granit paints a vivid portrait of a girl growing up in a world where survival is an act of defiance—and hope is a victory in itself.
Themes:
• Post-war trauma
• Childhood resilience
• Soviet history & village life
• Abuse, healing, and identity
• The will to rise above one’s circumstances