Finding Home Again: Hope Survives the War in Ukraine

An American mother. A war she never expected. A journey from grief to hope.

When Russian missiles struck Ukraine, Sharon T. Markey didn't just lose her home, she lost the life she'd built over nineteen years. Finding Home Again: Hope Survives the War in Ukraine is a deeply personal memoir that brings the refugee experience close to home through the eyes of an American woman navigating war with six children by her side.

Whether you're supporting displaced people, working in trauma-informed care, or simply seeking to understand the human side of war, this memoir offers a vivid, emotional window into what it truly means to lose and to rebuild. It captures both the urgency of escape and the deeper struggle to rediscover stability and a sense of home.

Told with raw honesty, Sharon's story reveals the invisible cost of displacement and the quiet determination to carry on when there's no choice but to keep going.

For anyone who's ever wondered what it's really like to flee a war—or how to find home again when everything familiar is gone—this book is a must-read.