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28 March 2024
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Now also available in Lithuanian:
The 2011 bestselling novel ‘Between shades of gray’

The period of the mass deportations to Siberia of Lithuanians, Estonians and Latvians is a very sad part in the history of the Baltics. It is virtually impossible to find a family in Lithuania that was not effected in some way by these crimes against humanity and brutality inflicted by Soviet Russia. What is almost equally as sad is the fact that to this day very few people in the world are aware that these atrocities took place. 

There are people though that do not want these events to become lost in history. Why? To answer that question you would need to ask each and every person what their reason is. Is it to make the world aware of the courage of these people that suffered? Is it done in the hope that the world’s knowledge of these atrocities will help to prevent acts like this from happening again? Is it done with that the hope that the perpetrators of these heinous crimes will someday be brought to justice and forced to atone for their actions?

Again you would need to ask each and every person “spreading the word” what their reasons are. And dear readers maybe this is a good question to ask yourselves – Why should “the word be spread”? 

We would like to introduce you to one of these people that is not allowing this sad part in Lithuanian and World history fade away. We are honored that this author is sharing with us her insight based on years of work. 

Born and raised in Michigan, Ruta Sepetys is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee. The nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia disappeared from maps in 1941 and did not reappear until 1990. As this is a story seldom told, Ruta wanted to give a voice to the hundreds of thousands of people who lost their lives during Stalin's cleansing of the Baltic region. 

Ruta lives with her family in Tennessee. “Between Shades of Gray” is her first novel.

You can visit Ruta Sepetys at 
www.rutasepetys.com

You can also visit 
Ruta Sepetys' Facebook Page

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