SOLVED. lebensborn mother and her subsequent family? [s]

[Christi]

..trying to think of the most inoffensive way to talk about a novel that deals with a controversial premise?.. Read this book about 15 years ago, and it was a dogeared abandoned copy at the time, so likely older. I thought the title was "A Forest of Flowers" but seems not. At any rate, it's the story of a (late-teenaged?) young woman learning about her mother's experiences in WW2 and how that has shaped her mother's life since. The sordid part (and, I want to note, a legend that has since been thoroughly debunked) is that her mother was forced into a secret aryan "breeding program" during the war. ..Incidentally, is anyone else occasionally obsessive about books that also make them feel ashamed of themselves for enjoying?..

[Dee]

Les fiancées du führer (English translation - Lebensborn - 1970)
My Enemy's Cradle - probably too recent
Arms of Deliverance: A Story of Promise

here is a librarything list of all books tagged as Lebensborn - maybe it will help:

http://www.librarything.com/tag/Leben...

[Christi]

hm, most of the books I see are nonfiction, and this one was *definitely* fiction...I'll keep scrolling tho.

[Dee]

i don't know if you can narrow by fiction - I think it just depends on if people tagged them that way (I know i'm horrible about doing that)

do you remember anything about the cover? the length

[Christi]

Dee, thanks so much for the link! Found it: "The Sunflower Forest" by Torey Hayden.

[Dee]

no problem - this has intrigued me - i've been debating the idea of doing themed months on my blog for books, and a historical theme month could be interesting ;)

[Christi]

If you're interested, this book was classed as YA but I put it in the solved-adult folder because...well...

[Michele]

Christi wrote: "Incidentally, is anyone else occasionally obsessive about books that also make them feel ashamed of themselves for enjoying?"

I think we all have guilty pleasures. I have felt that way occasionally when I got sucked into a true-crime book such as those by Ann Rule -- it seems wrong somehow to get diversion out of something horrible that actually happened to someone.

I actually have a guilty-pleasures shelf just for books like that :)

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

It may be a guilty pleasure, but you never know...learning about serial killers' methods could save your life one day. At any rate, you can tell yourself that and retitle your shelf "Educational".

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Who hasn't walked through the library after picking up a Holocaust book, headed over to true crime, and thought, "Now I need something light to go with this heavy &^%$." I have.

[Michele]

Lobstergirl wrote: "It may be a guilty pleasure, but you never know...learning about serial killers' methods could save your life one day. At any rate, you can tell yourself that and retitle your shelf "Educational"."

lol very true

[Railyn]

Nothing wrong with that. True Crime has been my favorite for eons. I've never acted out anything I've read.

I enjoy seeing what makes people tick, and then how they screw up, get caught, and brought to justice.

[Dee]

i feel slightly more guilty reading Anne Perry's murder mysteries since she was found guilty of and served time in prison for murder

[Michele]

Dee wrote: "i feel slightly more guilty reading Anne Perry's murder mysteries since she was found guilty of and served time in prison for murder"

WAit, what now?!

[Christi]

Just looked this up. The movie "Heavenly Creatures" is based on the case. Had no idea it was was her.

[Rainbowheart]

The Sunflower Forest for the trackable link.