“This is a beautifully written novel about the harsh lives of Ukrainian settlers Taras and Olena on the Canadian Prairies in the early 20th century. Imagine As for Me and My House, but with way more drama, eroticism, and mystery! This novel deserves to become a classic of Canadian literature.” QUILL AND QUIRE

“Raw and haunting, The Taste of Hunger takes the reader on a tumultuous journey from Ukraine through three generations of women on the Canadian prairies. Passionate and fiercely independent, each woman faces staggering obstacles as she struggles to define her life and find love on her own terms, burying secrets along the way. But not all secrets remain hidden, and when the darkest of all is unearthed — a secret that implicates all three generations — one woman and her husband are forced together to confront it in an alarming way. Beautifully written, tough, tender and unrelentingly human, this is a story that cannot be forgotten.”JOAN CRATE author of Black Apple