The enduring toll of the loss of a parent. Family estrangement. Sisterhood. And the difficult choices life hands us.
Best-selling author Kristin Hannah (Fly Away) transports her favorite themes to World War II as the Nazis penetrate the Maginot Line and invade France.
Viann Rossignol was 14 and her sister Isabelle just 4 when their beloved mother died, leaving them with a shell-shocked father unable to overcome the loss of his wife to care for them. Tasked with caring for her sister, Viann finds love with Antoine and they marry, but a miscarriage at 17 leaves her emotionally spent. Isabelle is shipped off to the first of a series of boarding schools she is forced from or flees.
3 comments:
Love, love, love this book!
Favorite quotes:
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
—WINSTON CHURCHILL
It is not biology that determines fatherhood. It is love.
I really liked this book. I will admit to reading the end at page 200. I would not have been tempted to do this if I hadn't been sure who was telling the story. However, I enjoyed the last chapter just as much when I read it the second time. It was a very interesting and engaging story. Even though it took place in World War II and a concentration camp it was not too graphic. I want to see what else this author has written.
The bad thing about this book is it leaves you wondering what would you do and what kind of person would you be in those circumstances.
I really liked it. There was some great parts that made me cry. And some situations that really made me think of how I would behave in that situation. What choices would I make. What sister would I be like? It did drive me nuts that I couldn't figure out which sister was tells me the story. But I really enjoyed this story.
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