Book Overview

"Mother Maria," "Home-Coming" and "Bridge to the Sky" are parts of the trilogy "God's Miracles in Lives of Regular People" with main character Countess Maria Kotyk-Kurbatov. The trilogy is based on journals of Countess Maria. The descriptive imagination of the author transforms dry data into an inspirational life and love story. The readers transcend space and time, joining Maria in her happiness and heartbreaking sadness, life-saving love and devastating losses, terrible hardships and miraculous triumphs.

About the Final Book

"Bridge to the Sky" is the final book of the trilogy. From the first sentence, the readers are taken into Maria's intense life-threatening circumstances with a clear understanding that Maria and her two sons have no chance to survive. Maria's husband, Count Alexander Kurbatov, was brutally murdered by the KGB after a request for repatriation to France. In an attempt to eliminate all nobles, the KGB continues to hunt and openly persecute Maria and her children through Russia and Ukraine. Even the people who welcomed Maria and her children into their homes and lives were destroyed.

Maria's Struggles and Resilience

Maria tried to rebuild her life in Ukraine with employment and friendly relationships with co-workers. After years of suffering, Maria found mutual love with another lonely and brave person who was willing to risk his life to prove her innocence. A child of their love was born. When the KGB left Maria and her children homeless, Maria found her father and re-established relationships with the Kotyk family, even with the one she never expected to see again.

Ultimate Sacrifice and Courage

Life-threatening persecutions by the KGB forced Maria to take an ultimate risk with the future of her three children and her life. Maria prayed and was inspired with a courageous decision to visit Leonid Brezhnev, the new leader of the USSR in Moscow. God helped Maria to return justice, freedom, and respect to her family and other innocent people.

Content Words: Inspirational Romance, Family Saga, Former USSR, KGB, Brezhnev