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A truly riveting read from Ms Hannah. Takes place in France during WWII and two sisters must find their own ways to deal with the true atrocities of war. The end had me in tears. Highly recommend.
Wow, what a beautiful book! The two women in this book are incredible. One is already a spitfire and the other is forced into action by the circumstances of French occupation during WWII. This novel really gave me a feel for what it may have been like in France during that time period. I've read novels of the resistance and occupation before but never got such a feeling of actually being there.
I thought I had it all figured out, but there's a twist in the end that surprised me. I spent the last ...more
I thought I had it all figured out, but there's a twist in the end that surprised me. I spent the last ...more
Rich characters. Heart breaking and Heart warming. Haunting.
Fabulous read alike to pair with All the Light We Cannot See and Everyone Brave is Forgiven.
Fabulous read alike to pair with All the Light We Cannot See and Everyone Brave is Forgiven.
I didn't really like it at first. The storyline was certainly interesting, as (in my opinion) most historical fiction novels about WWII are. But the characters bothered me. They came across as fairly one-dimensional and the relationships didn't seem all that developed.
By the end, I was not thinking that at all. And while the characters may have been one-dimensional in the beginning, people can be one-dimensional also. And they all changed and grew, as did the relationships between them, througho ...more
By the end, I was not thinking that at all. And while the characters may have been one-dimensional in the beginning, people can be one-dimensional also. And they all changed and grew, as did the relationships between them, througho ...more
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