内容摘要：Allende previous novel, “The Wind Knows My Name,” published in 2023, was a departure from her familiar tales featuring strong women. In that book, she braided the stories of two young children traveling alone in different times and places – one during the brewing Holocaust in Europe and the other in modern day Arizona on the border with Mexico.

Allende previous novel, “The Wind Knows My Name,” published in 2023, was a departure from her familiar tales featuring strong women. In that book, she braided the stories of two young children traveling alone in different times and places – one during the brewing Holocaust in Europe and the other in modern day Arizona on the border with Mexico.

“I will never forget that day,” says Iryna Puzikova, her voice trembling. “When I walked into the ICU, his first words were, ‘You won’t leave me, right?’”Oleksandr Puzikov, a captain with Ukraine’s 127th brigade who lost an arm in combat, and his wife, Iryna, look at an arm prosthesis in their apartment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Oleksandr Puzikov, a captain with Ukraine’s 127th brigade who lost an arm in combat, and his wife, Iryna, look at an arm prosthesis in their apartment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)She stayed by his side, traveling from hospital to hospital as he recovered and learned to live with a full-arm amputation.When he decided to return to the military, she wasn’t surprised. “I never doubted for a moment that it could be any different,” she says.

Before his injury, Puzikov, now 40, was a combat medic. After returning to service, he retrained as a psychologist, helping soldiers cope with the mental toll of three years of war.Capt. Oleksandr Puzikov, who lost an arm in combat, speaks with fellow soldiers in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Capt. Oleksandr Puzikov, who lost an arm in combat, speaks with fellow soldiers in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

“As long as the war continues, I won’t leave — I’ll help in any way I can,” he says.A man pushes his cart with discarded plastic items and cartons at Kadikoy district in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A man pushes his cart with discarded plastic items and cartons at Kadikoy district in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Dogan’s cousin, 28-year-old Ergun Dogan, Ergun’s younger brother Mehmet Dogan, 16, and their father, Serdar Dogan are also trash scavengers.

The cousin recounts how, if a sack on his cart accidentally touches a passer-by, the person often gets upset and tell him to “get your dirty thing away from me.”Cumali Bakir, who oversees a recycling depot and buys from collectors like the Dogan cousins, says their jobs should be made official, and that they should be given proper “vests and meal cards.”