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Somewhere between a three and a four. This book just didn't do it for me, particularly compared to recent reads like Pachinko, Everything Belongs to Us, and Rabbit Cake. The prologue is very clunky and I wasn't that interested in the adults' stories. What DID interest me was the POV given to us by Martin who is about 6 or 7 when the war ends. The timeline also jumps back and forth, over huge swaths of time, and it makes the story feel disjointed as well as ruining any sense of tension. The writi
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This book takes place mostly in the years immediately following the end of World War II, in Germany. I've read a ton of books that take place during WWII (it's hard not to?) but I think this is the first one I've read that's in post-war Germany, and it's a very interesting time to think about. The protagonist was a resister, and she's very adamant about coming to terms with Germany did during the war, and making sure that her children do the same -- even though she personally was never a Nazi, n
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Jan 13, 2017
Erin Collins
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Jul 16, 2017
Laura
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Aug 20, 2017
Jocelyn
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Nov 15, 2017
gremlinkitten
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Dec 02, 2017
Cindy
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Mar 11, 2018
Deedee
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May 18, 2018
Sharon
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Nov 02, 2018
Rossie
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