by Natasha Solomons
If you liked loved Jane Eyre, Rebecca or The Little Princess this is the book for you! Very reminiscent with hints of all these favorites blend into this story. Elise Landau comes from an affluent Austrian Jewish family. Needing to leave her family to escape the increasing Nazi persecution in h...
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This was one of the books that was recommended to fans of Downton Abbey. I am a fan of Downton Abbey, so I put it on my wishlist and got it from the library. Then I got it again. I have check it out three times already and it is due Monday, so made myself read it. I don't know why I kept putting ...
Very little substance when this book had so much potential!The rest of my review can be found here.
Written with the feel of the Victorian novel, this book is much more. The tone is sometimes light, sometimes romantic and sometimes tragic, but it is never overbearing. This book is about the memories of a house and the lives of the people who dwelled within it, during a time of terrible turmoil. Al...
The book was both heartbreaking, breathtaking and lovely at the same time. You know it will be sad when the heroine is a Jew during WWII but I still cling to hope, it could happen. The ending itself is bittersweet and fitting and could have made me cry.The story is about Elise who becomes a maid in ...
I loved this book, especially since as Americans we forget the suffering and loss experienced by so many during WWII. A great read.
This one snuck up on me. I got swept up into the world, and found it intriguing enough that I couldn't put it down. It was a really fine example of historical fiction.
Ms. Solomons took me back to the time around the beginning of WWII through the eyes of a girl who is a stranger in a strange land, and in such a way that my heart was completely affected by this story. Descriptive, nostalgic, and highly evocative. Overall rating: 4.5/5.0 stars.Reviewed in the J...
I am such a sucker for big houses just before the second war.
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