Escape from Mariupol: A Survivor's True Story
About this audiobook
In early 2022, life in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine was safe and predictable for Adoriana Marik.
The thirty-one-year-old tattoo artist loved walking her dog by the seaside and meeting friends at cafés and public gardens. But all that changed on February 24, 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his “special military operation.”
Adoriana was forced to hide in a filthy network of basements and underground tunnels. For more than a month, under deafening round-the-clock bombardment, she huddled with little food or water and no heat, surrounded by groans from the sick and the smell of death. She decided to escape.
Escape from Mariupol: A Survivor’s True Story is the account of her perilous journey to freedom, an incredible tale of a brave young woman’s indomitable will to survive. As told to award-winning author Anne K. Howard, the book is a must-read for those who appreciate stories of extraordinary courage.
About the author
Adoriana Marik escaped Ukraine in 2022. She told her story of survival in her memoir Escape from Mariupol.
Anne K. Howard is an award-winning author and attorney. She is a graduate of McGill University and the University of Cincinnati, College of Law. Anne resides in the hills of Northwest Connecticut where she enjoys spending time with her husband and hiking with her dogs.
Jennifer Jill Araya has been trained as an opera singer and orchestral cellist, lending a musicality and depth of understanding to her narration that help bring her authors’ stories to life. When she’s not narrating, Jennifer can be found hiking, biking, running, or generally exploring her home city of Cincinnati with her husband, Arturo, and their two children.
