In Lilac Girls, we are drawn into the lives of three very different women, each striving to survive the horrors of the Second World War. Based on real life heroines, this is a story with a great deal of potential, but unfortunately, I didn’t connect with it in the way I hoped I would, causing…
The lives of three real women are fictionalized in this WWII story that highlights how the horrors of that conflict connected people who would otherwise never have met. A difficult and disturbing read, this is a tale of how war can bring out the best in us – or the worst. This is a story…
I love it when a book captures my interest and just doesn’t let go as this one did. I found myself reluctant to put it down and anxious to pick it up even though I was extremely busy with other things. To me that means I’ve encountered a really terrific read. In a small resale…
In five years and close to 400 books reviewed this will be my second F. This book is supposedly an international best seller so maybe the fault is mine but I found it a complete mess and an excruciatingly difficult read. World War II may be drawing to a close but Jakób and the rest…
Suzanne Brockmann has been recommended to me by print and audiobook enthusiasts alike. It seems that almost every romance reader I know is a fan of at least one of her books. So, when I learned that The Unsung Hero, book 1 in Ms. Brockmann’s wildly popular Troubleshooters series, had been re-released with narrators Patrick…
Set in 1940, The Winter Guest is a hauntingly evocative tale of two sisters – twins – who are struggling to care for their three younger siblings in rural Poland at a time of great upheaval and uncertainty. Their father is dead, and their mother is ill in a hospital in Krakow, and the two…
World War 2 romances are a favorite of mine and I tend to pick up anything set in this time period. With this particular novel I was excited to explore a piece of history heretofore undiscovered by me – the part of the Amish in this important conflict. I hadn’t really thought about what it…
It’s 1941, but in India, the oppressors are the English, not the Axis. Fifteen-year-old Vidya’s progressive father shields her from most unpleasantness, promising her an education rather than an early marriage. But when tragedy sends Vidya to live in the traditional and very conservative family home, her future looks lost. This coming-of-age story with romantic…
Rosie Hopkins is in between nursing gigs when her mother calls asking for help. Age is catching up to Rosie’s great-aunt Lilian, and someone has to help Lilian move into assisted living and sell her sweet shop business. Rosie agrees to leave her temp jobs and her wishy-washy boyfriend to travel to the small Derbyshire…
Teenagers fight in our wars. It’s easy to forget that since we call anyone over eighteen an adult but the fact is that we do send eighteen- and nineteen-year-old kids – teenagers- to fight in battles. Elizabeth Wein is doing a wonderful job of bringing the WWII young adult/teen battle front to life via her…
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