Song for Katya by Kevin Stevens

by Kevin Stevens

In a bitter winter at the height of the Cold War, jazz pianist Drew Fisher travels from New York to Moscow as part of a government-sponsored music tour. His playing is superb, but he’s haunted by the demons of past addiction and personal failure. Tour organizer Katya Timoshenko is locked in a different battle; trapped in a loveless marriage to a high-ranking official, she’s fighting to keep herself and her children safe from the menace of the Soviet state. When Drew and Katya meet, the attraction is instantaneous, and their love unfolds under the suspicious watch of both governments. Against all odds, they plan a future together, but the authorities intervene, leaving them with the most difficult of choices. Song for Katya evokes the spirit of a place and time when the purest of human emotions could be the most dangerous.

Paperback

First published April 4, 2005

About the author

Kevin Stevens is a Montana native who divides his time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Dublin, Ireland. Visit his websites at www.kevinstevens.net and www.reachtheshiningriver.com.

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb book . Shows a great insight into Drew's lifestyle with all its hardship . Katya 's character portrayed so sensitively is delightful . The book is beautifully crafted and keeps the readers interest alive hoping that things will work out in the end . Soviet Russia was such a cruel place to live .

[Stella Simiadi · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you want a book with easy vocabularies, this is not the one book you shall read