Teri's review
The Welsh Girl
by Peter Ho Davies
Teri's review
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
Teri's review
rating:
recommended for: anyone who likes historical fiction with dilemmas
I've only read the first few chapters. It's set in Wales (doh!) during WW2, while the build-up for the D-Day invasion is beginning. A young local girl falls for a London-born soldier who is temporarily stationed near her small town, populated mostly by sheep farmers who are having a tough time of it. More to come!
OK, I've now finished the book and I can recommend it heartily. I loved the descriptions of Wales, for one thing. And set during the 1940s, when times were so hard and the war so close, it presented a picture of life very different from 2007 Irvine. I also liked the powerful irony at the end! OMG! *sigh*
And the way three stories, all bound by war, come together is masterfully handled. Seeing war first-hand from the point of view of a young German soldier reminded me that young men are just cannon-fodder in war; all of them are victims of their governments, led idealistically to believe what they're told, often disappointed. The sacrifices of their families, on...more
OK, I've now finished the book and I can recommend it heartily. I loved the descriptions of Wales, for one thing. And set during the 1940s, when times were so hard and the war so close, it presented a picture of life very different from 2007 Irvine. I also liked the powerful irony at the end! OMG! *sigh*
And the way three stories, all bound by war, come together is masterfully handled. Seeing war first-hand from the point of view of a young German soldier reminded me that young men are just cannon-fodder in war; all of them are victims of their governments, led idealistically to believe what they're told, often disappointed. The sacrifices of their families, on...more
