I read a book that referenced this one, 'Execution by Hunger' and decided to read it too.  Wow, what an unbelievable period in history that is all but forgotten about and certainly not taught in schools today (I'll admit, I had no idea it was this severe).  I would highly recommend this because, although it is a bit difficult to read at times, its such an important lesson that all of us, farmers or not, need to know and remember.  I cannot FATHOM living through what these people were forced to. 

I also saw a commercial for a movie 'Bitter Harvest' that is coming out based on this time period in Ukraine, but not this book specifically.  It'll be all hollywood'd up I'm sure but at least its getting some attention.