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The Sunflower Boys (2025)
Sam Wachman
"The Sunflower Boys invites us into the gentle rhythms of childhood through the eyes of Artem - picking sunflowers, swimming in rivers, navigating the first stirrings of love - crafting an enchanting and luminous portrait of boyhood in Ukraine. Then, without warning, the world shatters. As the Russian invasion tears through their homeland, Artem - whose thoughts and dreams we've come to know with piercing intimacy - must protect his brother Yuri from the unimaginable destruction. With extraordinary precision, Wachman traces the brothers' harrowing journey across a ravaged country to reunite with their father, capturing both the unspeakable horrors of war and the inextinguishable spirit of the Ukrainian people. The Sunflower Boys is a devastating reminder of how quickly peace can unravel - and a powerful affirmation of what remains when survival transforms us into people we never imagined. Sam Wachman has a talent beyond his years."
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