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AUTHOR Kelly, Martha Hall
TITLE The Lilac Girls
DATE READ 08/05/20
RATING 4.5/B+
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GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Historical Fiction/2016/libby audio / 15 hr 34 min
SERIES/STAND-ALONE #1 Lilac Girls
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 145/120;
GROUP READ
TIME/PLACE 1940-1950's/NY, Poland, France
CHARACTERS Caroline Feriday
COMMENTS I have seen this book around for a few years … and love the title even tho' I am not sure it is really fitting for the content. Based loosely on a true ...more
TITLE The Lilac Girls
DATE READ 08/05/20
RATING 4.5/B+
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Historical Fiction/2016/libby audio / 15 hr 34 min
SERIES/STAND-ALONE #1 Lilac Girls
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 145/120;
GROUP READ
TIME/PLACE 1940-1950's/NY, Poland, France
CHARACTERS Caroline Feriday
COMMENTS I have seen this book around for a few years … and love the title even tho' I am not sure it is really fitting for the content. Based loosely on a true ...more
Excellent fictionalization of a true story. It is a re-telling of a little-known episode of WWII, the case of Polnish women prisoners, subjected to experimental surgery and treatment in women's concentration camp.
The story is based on two real-life characters, Herta Oberhause, the female doctor who carried out the orders of performing these surgeries, and Caroline Faraday, the American philanthropist who brought the story of the victims to light and orchestrated their treatment in the US and ke ...more
The story is based on two real-life characters, Herta Oberhause, the female doctor who carried out the orders of performing these surgeries, and Caroline Faraday, the American philanthropist who brought the story of the victims to light and orchestrated their treatment in the US and ke ...more
I both enjoyed and was heartbroken with this book. It is based on true people and stories from World War 2. The experiences from the concentration camp and lack of resources afterwards are so sad. Some of the characters make poor decisions or suffer from other people's poor decisions. It is well written and I love that the prologue explains which parts are fact and which are fiction.
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