Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 09, 2017 Olivermagnus rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, historical-fiction, europe, favorites, ww2

Lilac Girls uses a three character narrative to give the reader a mesmerizing look at World War II, and specifically Ravensbruck concentration camp. The story is told in alternating chapters by three diverse woman. The first is Caroline Ferriday, a 37 year old former debutante, actress, and now volunteer at the French consulate in Manhattan, scraping up supplies and helping with visas for the multitudes trying to escape France. The second is Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager working in the Poli ...more

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Aug 08, 2019 Andrea Cox rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-100-wonders-100-members, 2018-wonderful-world-of-disney, 2018-100-wonders-spell-outs, 2019-total-for-the-year, babies-and-children, 2019-ccc-19x19, hospitals, zz-challenges-2018, holiday-christmas, country-united-states

Heartrending story inspired by true events. Prepare to use plenty of tissues! So emotional, cuts to the core of who you are as you discover just what these ladies were made of.

Content: sex, nudity, cruelty (including medical treatment), profanity, expletives, alcohol, tobacco products, implied lesbianism

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Jul 19, 2019 Kristin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: wwi-wwii, historical-fiction, 2016-books, 5000-2019

This World War II novel followed the lives of three women as World War II engulfed them. This story revolved around Caroline Ferriday, an American socialite; Kasia Bakoski, a Polish teenager; and Herta Oberheuser, a German doctor. As soon as I heard the name Ravensbruck mentioned in this book, terror seized my heart. This cruel and heartless prison camp and its officials played a strong role in the characters lives and plot of this engrossing book.

The author weaved the stories of these three wo ...more

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Feb 11, 2018 Linda C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, european

The three women here provide very different perspectives on WWII. NY socialite and former actress, Caroline, uses her money and connections to help French orphans; Kasia is a Polish teenager who joins the underground and is caught and sent to Ravensbruk to become the subject of Nazi medical experimentation; and Herta, is a newly qualified German doctor, who takes a job at Ravensbruk in order to practice. The chapters alternate and give a true progression of events.

It is hard to read some of the ...more

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