<p><strong>Based on a true story <em>Lilacs in the Dust Bowl </em>is an inspirational family saga about love and heartache during the Great Depression.&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In 1929 when Lukia Mazurets a widow and Ukrainian peasant farmer immigrates to Canada with her four children she has no idea the stock market is about to crash and throw the world into a deep depression. Falling grain prices the ravages of nature and unexpected family conflicts threaten to smash her dreams of family unity in a strange land. And when love knocks on her door again awakening desire she thought was long gone Lukia has to choose between having a man in her life or the children she's sacrificed everything for.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Lilacs in the Dust Bowl </em>is the sequel to the award-winning <em>Sunflowers Under Fire </em>based on the author's grandmother and her family's life in Russia (present-day Ukraine) and in Canada<em>. </em></p>