{"product_id":"9781035910175","title":"How Good It Is I have No Fear of Dying : One Woman's Fight on the Front Lines by Lara Marlowe","description":"The first time Lara Marlowe interviewed Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko in Ukraine in 2023, Marlowe realized that the 28-year-old woman army officer was one of the most extraordinary people she had encountered in 42 years of journalism.   Mykytenko was born in Kyiv in July 1995. She co-founded the `female squad' of the 16th regiment of the Self-Defence Force during the 2013\/14 Euromaidan protests, which overthrew the corrupt, pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. She married Illia Serbin, a soldier, in 2015 and joined the army to serve with him in Donbas the following year. Mykytenko briefly left the army after her husband was killed in a Russian bombardment, but re-enlisted on the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of 24 February 2022. She commands a 25-man drone unit on the frontline in Donbas.   Drawing from a series of interviews with Mykytenko through the winter of 2023\/24, Marlowe paints a searing portrait of life on the frontline and offers insights into Ukraine's past and possible future. How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying is a compelling story of a country at war and a fearless woman fighting for its survival.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296324858229,"sku":"9781035910175","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035910175.jpg?v=1762771058","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781035910175","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}