by Jillian Cantor
Another in the list of books about WWII and its aftermath, Margot by Jillian Cantor puts forth the supposition, what if Anne Frank's older sister had survived the war? The author herself says that she got the idea while reading The Diary of Anne Frank for the second time. She began to wonder, what...
From the very moment I first heard about Margo, I wanted it in my hands. I've said it a hundred times, but Historical Fiction is the genre I grew up reading - I love the insights into life in the past, the characters, the atmosphere - absolutely everything about it. And although Margot is based on...
From the very moment I first heard about Margo, I wanted it in my hands. I've said it a hundred times, but Historical Fiction is the genre I grew up reading - I love the insights into life in the past, the characters, the atmosphere - absolutely everything about it. And although Margot is based on...
Jillian Cantor's "Margot" is a different kind of speculative historical fiction: what might have happened if Anne Frank's sister, Margot, had survived the camps and come to the United States?As Margie Franklin, Margot pretends to be a Gentile. She wears sweaters, even in the sweltering Philadelphi...
Read my full review: http://bit.ly/14Y6y5G My opinion: OMG...I loved this book! Normally, I am not a fan of fictional revisionist history. The majority of them I have read, there was NO WAY that the story EVER could have happened and I found myself constantly rolling my eyes, but this one worke...
Margot has a very interesting premise: what if Anne Frank's sister Margot survived the Holocaust and ended up in Philadelphia? This premise has a lot of potential and the directions to go with it are endless. Unfortunately I felt the author chose too much of a fluffy, light tone for her direction an...
Blog review in progress.OMG...I loved this book!+Not a fan of fictional revisionist history, but this one worked. One could see this happening. +Had questions throughout the reading that the author wrapped up beautifully in the epilogue.+ Great writing, book sucked me in immediately and I had to for...
WHY I WANT TO READ IT: What if Anne Frank's sister Margot managed to escape and come to the US? What would she do when the movie of her sister's diary came out and people started researching the family?
The Diary of Anne Frank has been beloved since its publication in 1947, with several film versions made and shifted perspectives written. But Jillian Cantor’s Margot is both a retelling and an alternate history of the original story recorded in Anne Frank’s diary. Cantor imagines a scenario where Ma...
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