This book was the first in a long time that made me stay up way past my bed time. I've read numerous stories of concentration camp survivors, and of people who were in hiding, but I've never read a story of a "U-Boat," Jews who hid in plain sight. This gave a completely new perspective, and also s...
NO SPOILERS!!This is a four star book. Recently another GR friend rated this with three stars, and to be honest, I was flabbergasted. "HOW CAN YOU NOT BE MOVED BY THIS BOOK?" zinged through my head?! I will try and explain without giving spoilers. First of all, if you are the kind of person, like m...
I bumped my rating of this book up to 5 stars. This book was a phenomenal read! I was fascinated by this woman's story and can't believe her strength to survive. I ended up renting the documentary that was done on this book from Netflix and that just strengthened the "awesome~ness" of this book!
My doctor wants to know why this year I have taken to reading books about the Holocaust.I don't know. It's not the time period I'm usually interested in. I much prefer the Tudors. Yet, when I taught Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl earlier this year, I did some more reading, and haven't stop...
Review to follow.