Historical fiction

The Earth Kept Their Names

In a Ukrainian village stripped by collectivization and famine, a girl hides a diary, a wooden bird, and the names officials try to erase.

A Novel of the Holodomor

The Earth Kept Their Names follows Katia Kovalenko from ordinary village life into collectivization, famine, imprisonment, silence, and the dangerous labour of memory. A diary and a carved wooden bird become private records of names, thefts, deaths, prayers, and lives official paper refuses to hold.

Author
Adler Tweed
Publisher
House Hippo Press
Release
May 19, 2026 KDP Select eBook
Print release
July 28, 2026
Page count
412 pages
eBook ISBN
978-1-997004-28-8
Paperback ISBN
978-1-997004-29-5
Marketplace
Amazon.ca first, available through Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.

Paperback and expanded retailer availability will follow the scheduled print release path. The eBook retail route is intentionally simple during KDP Select.