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**3.75 **
I enjoyed the storytelling and felt pretty engaged for most of the story. The characters were interesting but not fully fleshed enough for my liking. I was hoping the castle and the grounds would have played a larger part, they just seemed to be the anchor for the story.
I enjoyed the storytelling and felt pretty engaged for most of the story. The characters were interesting but not fully fleshed enough for my liking. I was hoping the castle and the grounds would have played a larger part, they just seemed to be the anchor for the story.
Book on CD narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Three German widows are brought together shortly after World War II ends. Marianne von Lingenfels returns to her deceased husband’s ancestral castle – now in ruins. He had conspired with other resisters to assassinate Hitler and was himself murdered. But Marianne had promised her husband’s conspirators to find their families and help them, so that is what she sets out to do. First she rescues Martin, the young son of her childhood friend, from a Nazi re-e ...more
Three German widows are brought together shortly after World War II ends. Marianne von Lingenfels returns to her deceased husband’s ancestral castle – now in ruins. He had conspired with other resisters to assassinate Hitler and was himself murdered. But Marianne had promised her husband’s conspirators to find their families and help them, so that is what she sets out to do. First she rescues Martin, the young son of her childhood friend, from a Nazi re-e ...more
This is the story of three women and their experiences during WWII and post WWII Germany. All three women present unique voices with tales of hardship, loss, and love. The women share a unique friendship, one based on a promise made by Marianne to the resistance fighters, where she would protect and provide for each woman and their families.
I did enjoy this story. I've read quite a bit on the Second World War, but haven't read a piece on the spouses of the resistance fighters. My constructive c ...more
I did enjoy this story. I've read quite a bit on the Second World War, but haven't read a piece on the spouses of the resistance fighters. My constructive c ...more
I received this book free through the GoodReads Giveaway program. I would give this book a 3.5, but I rounded up to a 4. This was my first book by author Jessica Shattuck. I enjoyed this book, as a fan of historical fiction, I found this twist on the stories of World War 2 very intriguing. The story of 3 German woman lives during and after the war. As a woman of German/Prussian descent, It really made me wonder what choices would I have made during those times. We know that horrific things happe
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Mar 25, 2017
Kris (My Novelesque Life)
marked it as to-read
Jun 17, 2018
Lory Sakay
marked it as read-first
Feb 25, 2017
Celia
marked it as to-read
