Who deserves a miracle? Perhaps the following characters in THE DAYS OF MIRACLE AND WONDER: A relentless spy who shadows an Elvis impersonator in 1950s Kyiv…A destitute Olympic swimmer who marries an abusive man for his pool…A fellow cosmonaut paying tribute to a haunted, crazy Yuri Gagarin…A midwife who recalls another midwife long ago in Bethlehem…A young actor thrown into a Siberian gulag and determined to act alive…An artist who keeps painting the same healing picture to save his sick friends...A cowboy whose grandfather rode a magical horse in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show...A surly medical examiner who examines the corpse of the mysterious writer, Nikolai Gogol…Or maybe the willing servants of the Dark One himself?Or maybe not... But they will all experience a sense of wonder. And so will you. The stories in this exciting new collection by award-winning fiction writer Irene Zabytko are set in Ukraine, Russia, Siberia, The United States, Bethlehem, and Tuva. The mostly Ukrainian characters are from biblical times, the 19th century, the Soviet and post-Soviet eras. Their voices are all mesmerizing universal, and wonder-filled. Irene Zabytko is an award-winning fiction writer. She is the author of the highly acclaimed bestselling novel about Chornobyl (Chernobyl), THE SKY UNWASHED, and the short story collection WHEN LUBA LEAVES HOME. Irene is also the author of the ultimate fiction writing guidebook: THE FICTION PRESCRIPTION: HOW TO WRITE AND IMPROVE YOUR FICTION LIKE THE GREAT LITERARY MASTERS

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