Book description
Olga Yunter was born in July 1900 in a remote frontier post in
southern Siberia. A girlhood played out against the backdrop of the
China trade changed forever, when, at seventeen, Olga joined her
brothers in their fight against the Bolsheviks. Death and retribution
followed. Olga was forced to flee to China, rubies sewn into her
petticoats. Twice more Olga would be forced to leave everything behind
- first to escape Mao's Communists, and again when Japan invaded China
during World War II.
From the comfort of her family to the terror of revolution, war and
exile, Olga's Story is the heartbreaking tale of the author's grandmother.
Stephanie Williams has spent the last ten years piecing together her
grandmother's story. A journalist and author of two works of non-fiction
she lives in London.
