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Rebekah
Apr 07, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: rating-4, genre-fiction, genre-historical-fiction, genre-adult, genre-adult-fiction, genre-romance, genre-cultural-france, genre-war, genre-womens-fiction-chick-lit, genre-world-war-ii-holocaust
This is a gripping story of the brave women in France who survived the German occupation and participated in the Resistance. This is an important story and one that is unfortunately not often told. The impact that war has on the innocent civilians is not one we often want to think about. The reason that I bumped it to 4 stars is I do not think the characters have an authentic French voice (they sound VERY American to me!) and it got a tad sentimental, even though it worked, I cried the last prob ...more
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Kelly
Jun 13, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Breathtaking

This book was incredible. Descriptive, heartbreaking, and full of courage. It left me weeping, and reminded of the strength of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable horrors. Gut wrenching, terrifying, and beautiful.
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Jenn
Dec 07, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: historical-fiction, 2015-finished
This is a book I probably would not have picked up if I had seen in the bookstore or the library. I read it because it was voted as the best historical fiction on goodreads.

All I can say is thank goodness I read it. The story from the first page kept me entranced and I wanted to read it all in one sitting. Powerful emotions and imagery throughout the story.

While there were some aspects of the characters that did get annoying in the beginning, ie Isabelle, she grew as the story went on and by t ...more
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Rachel N.
Jan 01, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-in-2016, family, world-war-ii, france, moral-dilemmas
The story of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, living in France during WWII. Isabelle decides to join the resistance and ends up living in Paris. Vianne meanwhile is left at home with her Daughter Sophie while her husband is in a POW camp. A German officer comes to stay with them. I don't know how much of the details of the German occupation of France were true. What drew me into the story was the story of the sisters. I disliked the device of making you try to guess which sister lived to tell t ...more
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Shelley
Mar 07, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical, 2017
Kimberly
Jun 25, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 18, 2015 rated it really liked it
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Nov 10, 2015 marked it as to-read
Neila
Dec 01, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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Jun 20, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Shanda Morency
Dec 11, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: historical-fiction
Christy
Jan 08, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Laura
Apr 10, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Jul 02, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Nov 05, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: historical-fiction
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Sue
Nov 21, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Netanella
Dec 08, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: historical-fiction, wwii, next-up
Sheryl Forbes
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Aug 30, 2021 marked it as tbr-on-hand  ·  review of another edition
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