The Things We Cannot Say in Around the World in 80 Books

Jul 01, 2025 Stephanie rated it really liked it

I always like to be smarter than I was yesterday! I have read enough WWII books based in different countries impacted by the Nazis. With Polish heritage, I was unaware of the Intelligenzaktion, the Lebensborn program, and the Germanization of the Roman Catholic Poles (just to name a few). This story provided history, a tragic love story, a dying wish, and a life created from shear survive Al that could never be reversed once you pass a certain point of a web of lies. Loved the two story timeline ...more

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Nov 06, 2019 Pam rated it liked it

Shelves: 2019-books-read, fiction, poland

AUTHOR Rimmer, Kelly
TITLE The Things We Cannot Say
DATE READ 11/05/2019
RATING 3.5/C+
FIRST SENTENCE I'm having a very bad day, but however bad I feel right now, I know my son is feeling worse.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2019/Graydon House/416 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Re ads 2019 Reading Goal 164/111;
GROUP READ Reading Cove Buddy Read
TIME/PLACE 1940's and present/ Poland and FL
CHARACTERS Alina/Polish girl during WWII; Alice/ wife and mother current time
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Jul 12, 2021 Jen Pratt rated it really liked it

I was very impressed with the writing and dual story lines in The Things We Cannot Say. One story takes place on the present day with Alice who has a non-verbal autistic son, a brilliant daughter and husband. She is a little overwhelmed with life and with the fact that her 95 year old grandma is in the hospital from a stroke. Because of it she cannot speak, but can use her grandson’s iPad to communicate a little.
The second story is the grandmother when she was young, living is Nazi occupied Pola ...more

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