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I confess that I read this book against my better judgment because my book club picked it. I read Firefly Lane by this author and hated every poorly written page. This author is not a master of the English language, but she can weave a story, and with this one, I did get sucked in. I enjoyed the last half immensely, and for that I’m actually going with five stars.
I had pretty low expectations for this book. In 2015 I rolled my eyes and asked if we really needed yet another WWII book. In 2016 I changed my mind and realized that we apparently need a lot more. Anyway, I wasn't excited about this one, but the reviews were so overwhelmingly positive that I felt like I just had to give it a shot. The beginning did nothing to assuage my worries. It was super slow and replete with bad cliched writing. I very nearly gave up. I'm glad I didn't. After the rough sta
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I listened to audiobook. The setting is occupied France in World War II and the lives of two sisters and their family. It was very tragic. Once again, I am amazed at human strength in adversity. It was very hard to listen to.
Such a moving story. It never fails to get me that all these stories I read about WWII and it still feels like a constant discovery and I guess that's because of the impact on so many lives.
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Jul 16, 2021
Rusalka
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