Lilac Girls: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (808 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01CUK3V76 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Margi Komninos said Some Great Books this Summer - a MUST read!. Really liked this book as it gave a perspective to those persecuted under Hitler that were not Jewish. The book is written from the perspective of Some Great Books this Summer - a MUST read! Really liked this book as it gave a perspective to those persecuted under Hitler that were not Jewish. The book is written from the perspective of 3 individuals -- a woman in NYC trying to help the French children; a Polish woman and her family who were sent to one. individuals -- a woman in NYC trying to help the French children; a Polish woman and her family who were sent to one. Shannon B. said historical fiction that tells the story of three very different women during WWII, effectively. It has been a long time since I've read a novel this moving. The story alternates between three characters. Caroline Ferriday, socialite and former actress in New York, works at the French embassy as WWII starts. The book features a romance between her and a French. Amazing! Enthralling! Enlightening! A must read for book clubs! Would have given 6 stars out of 5, if possible. Best book I have read this year! Absolutely enthralling, intriguing and insightful. I learned a piece of history I never knew about while reading this very well written and researched book. I love novels that are entwined around actual events. This novel follows th
Their stories cross continents - from New York to Paris, Germany, and Poland - as they strive and sacrifice to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten. In Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly has crafted a remarkable novel of unsung women and their quests for love, happiness, and second chances. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. For an ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems like her ticket out of a desolate life. The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens, and Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. But Caroline's world is forever changed when Hitler's army invades Poland in September 1939 - and then sets its sights on France. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire conseq