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Dunant's Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross - Caroline Moorehead

Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life by Moorehead, Caroline (2004) Paperback - Caroline Moorehead

A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival in Auschwitz - Caroline Moorehead

Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in...

The Trouble I've Seen - Martha Gellhorn, Caroline Moorehead

Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn - Caroline Moorehead

A Stricken Field: A Novel - Martha Gellhorn, Caroline Moorehead

A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship and Survival in World War Two - Caroline Moorehead

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Chris' Fish Place rated it

9 years ago

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I did find parts of this book dry, but it is less dry when the women get imprisoned. While I enjoyed the whole book, I did find it a little annoying that it was at times as if we were looking in at the women instead of following one narrative. This might be a product of the subject matter, but I did...

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Batgrl: Bookish Hooha rated it

9 years ago

text Review: Gellhorn by Caroline Moorehead

This is the kind of book where I have to wrestle a bit with the star ratings. Well into the book I decided I really did not like a lot of Martha Gellhorn's personality and attitude, but the book is incredibly well written - so I never wanted to stop reading. My dislike is probably a great indication...

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What I Happen to Be Reading At the Moment rated it

10 years ago

text Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn

(This is the part of the review when I kind of freak out because I made a resolution to rate AND review all the books I read in 2015 which means I'll have to say something intelligent starting NOW...)Martha Gellhorn, since I picked up [b:Travels With Myself and Another|925368|Travels With Myself and...

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As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves rated it

11 years ago

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This was a hard book to read, but it should be - the Holocaust was an atrocity millions did not survive, and reading about it should never be easy. But I believe we owe the survivors the dignity and honor of telling their stories, in whatever way they feel those stories should be told. That is why I...

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