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This was a 3.5 book for me.
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This book jumps around in time which took a little getting used to. War brings out the best and worst in people. The author helps the reader to gain the perspective of women who fell into Nazism, fell in love with Nazi men and fell in love with Nazi resisters. The relationships between three women protagonists were complicated, harsh and loving. Their guilt, pride, and emotions are complex. This book grew on me. Would I have liked it better it it followed a straight timeline? Nevertheless, I'm g
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I should not have read another book about the Nazis so close to Lilac Girls and Karolina's Twins. I definitely have Nazi fatigue. But since that era has produced so many amazing stories, this again is a story from a different perspective . The main characters are three widows whose husbands were killed in the war for various reasons. They live together in a castle trying to keep themselves and their children safe for the rest of the war and the 5 years or so afterwards. This book would make a gr
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Suddenly, she saw everything in its harsh, naked state. She felt the pulse of the lives lived inside the mean little houses she passed: selfish or generous, kind or unkind, ugly or tolerable, almost all of them sad. And she saw the histories of the people passing by like x-rays stamped on their faces--ugly, mutinous tracings of dark and light: a woman who had ratted out a neighbor, a man who had shot children, a soldier who had held his dying friend in his arms. Yet here they were, carrying groc
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A novel of WWII, before, during, and after, told from the viewpoint of three women. Nothing is black and white concerning Germany's role, and each character has a different background, explaining their feelings and actions concerning Hitler and the choices they made.
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