"Sweet Darusya" by Maria Matios is a tragic and masterfully written family saga, the events of which take place in the 1930s-70s in Bukovina against the backdrop of changing regimes and state borders during the dramatic times of war and Soviet repression. This is a story about the millstones of history that grind the destinies of two generations of a Ukrainian family. The book was included in the list of the hundred best works of Ukrainian literature according to the Ukrainian PEN Club.

"The novel by the Ukrainian writer Maria Matios is called a "tragedy adequate to the 20th century." The pages of private life unfold before us against the backdrop of epic Ukrainian history. This book should be read by everyone today to understand why our past is becoming our future, and to think about how to get out of this trap." (Svetlana Alexievich)