In this episode of Bookable Space host Yvonne Battle-Felton is joined by Katya Cengel. Katya reads From Cheronobyl with Love: reporting from the ruins of the Soviet Union.
About the book:
In 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic helped trigger the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Three and a half decades later, in 2022, the plant’s capture by Russian forces reminded Ukraine – and the world – that, for Russia, it isn’t over.
In between an American reporter and a Ukrainian photographer fell in love. At Chernobyl. Site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
As their relationship developed, Ukraine collapsed, bringing it to the brink of political disintegration and civil war. Ultimately, this fall of idealism in the East underscores Cengel’s own loss of innocence. From Chernobyl with Love is an equal parts heartbreaking and humorous true coming of age story of a girl and a country made all the more poignant because of current events.
About the author:
Katya Cengel has written for New York Times Magazine and the Wall Street Journal among others. She received an Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for her memoir “From Chernobyl with Love” and has been awarded grants from the International Reporting Project, International Women’s Media Foundation and International Center for Journalists.
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