The Fountains of Silence Free Audiobook Download by Ruta Sepetys

The Fountains of Silence is a 2016 young adult historical fiction novel by Ruta Sepetys. It tells the story of 15-year-old Lithuanian girl, Elina Laceviciute, who, with her family and friends, flees from the invading Soviets during the Great Purge. The novel is narrated from Elina's point of view, as she says goodbye to herself and the world she once knew.

The Fountains of Silence is a beautifully written book that intertwines the real and fictional lives of two young people: Lithuanian artist Jonas and his best friend, Kazys.

Ruta Sepetys' novel 'The Fountains of Silence' is a beautiful, powerful coming-of-age story about the Holocaust. The book tells the story of protagonist Lina as she moves from Lithuania to Germany in the 1930s--as her family does--to be with her father. From there, Lina and her family are forced into concentration camps, where she meets two other children: Algis and Euryale.

Ruta Sepetys has become a well-known author thanks to her work. After writing the 'Between Shades of Gray', she has written two other novels and an award-winning novella. One of her most recent works is entitled, 'The Fountains of Silence'.

Ruta Sepetys has written a novel, The Fountains of Silence, which is the first in a trilogy. It is set in 1944 and it tells the story of fifteen-year-old Elina who lives on a small farm in Lithuania and her life with her family and brother. The book deals with how they are forced to leave their home after being sent to Siberia, because Hitler's government is confiscating all the property from Jews. It begins when Elina's parents send her away for six weeks to live with relatives in Vilnius. When she returns however, there are radical changes made by the Soviet Union.

This audiobook, which is a companion to the book of the same name, tells the story of how two Lithuanian Jewish sisters, Ulrike and Ilse - one a survivor of Nazi concentration camps and the other poisoned by pesticides - end up in New York City during the late 1950's. The author alternates between these two stories while they are separated by fifty years so that listeners can get an idea of how their lives intertwine with those around them.