Summary

1. This is the story of Lina and her family surviving through Stalin’s regime. She was just a
normal teenage girl living an affluent life when suddenly she was thrust into horrors no
one should ever have live through. This is the story of her horrific travels from the
cramped train car in Lithuania to the North Pole. She is forced into a life a servitude and
sees many of her friends and family die as she struggles to survive.