In the spring of 1938, teodor mykolayenko returns to his family after nearly two years in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. Given shelter by his sister anna, his wife, maria, and their five children barely sur...In the spring of 1938, teodor mykolayenko returns to his family after nearly two years in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. Given shelter by his sister anna, his wife, maria, and their five children barely survived on the harsh and brutal Canadian prairie landscape.