Your Presence is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk is a historical novel about a Ukrainian WWII veteran and a secret that could tear him and his family apart. Based on real events, Vasilyuk’s debut spans decades and two different totalitarian regimes while tenderly crafting a character-driven story.
Coming April 23 from Bloomsbury Publishing, we talked to the author about the subtle and gorgeous cover design. The author grew up reading books in the Soviet Union where covers had no design whatsoever. Vasilyuk didn’t want a barren cover but didn’t want something completely bare either. She ended up sending Bloomsbury the illustration that showed tanks rolling past apartment buildings that accompanied her New York Times op-ed about her family to show the foreboding mood she thought would work best as the cover.
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