"Helen's Apple Tree" is a frank and emotional story about the touching relationship between a mother and daughter during the Second World War. Author Lorensia Kryzhanivska describes the lives of the main characters, who are forced to go through many trials, a sense of loss and hope for a better future. This book impresses with its detail and deep sense of humanity in the conditions of war. "Ellen's Apple" is a way to the reader's heart through the fate of strong women, full of love and courage, who carry the weight of trials on their shoulders and do the impossible to protect their family and their beliefs.