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Get ready, because this novel is not just another WWII Holocaust story. And truly, when well written and developed, you can’t compare any of the well written stories of the sick reality of what occurred in Europe prior to and during WWII.
This novel is so beautifully imagined and presented. It begins with two non Jews, one of whom is an elderly woman named Lena, which is set in my hometown of Chicago. It tells a mystery set in the 1930-40’s in Europe (Poland), and the telling is so carefully and ...more
This novel is so beautifully imagined and presented. It begins with two non Jews, one of whom is an elderly woman named Lena, which is set in my hometown of Chicago. It tells a mystery set in the 1930-40’s in Europe (Poland), and the telling is so carefully and ...more
This is a review of an advanced reader's edition I received last year in a Goodreads Giveaway. Karolina's Twins tells the story of holocaust survivor's Lena's quest to find two babies left behind in 1940s Poland. The story opens in present-day Chicago where Lena engages a lawyer Catherine and her investigator husband Liam to help on the case and track the babies. Meanwhile, Lena's adult son Arthur has opened a case against her to qualify her as mentally unfit. The book is fast-paced and definite
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This reads kind of like a transcript but it's a compelling story.
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I liked the story of Lena, Carolina and the mystery of the twins. But I have read too many books about the Nazis and work camps, and found all that too repetitive. Still I had to read to the end to see what happened.
Jul 13, 2016
Kat
marked it as to-read
Sep 11, 2016
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
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Dec 11, 2018
C.
marked it as to-read
