by Jessica Francis Kane
I'd give this 4.5 stars. I found out about this book from a mention on Rosario's Reading Journal and it piqued my interest. It's based on an actual tragedy which took place in London's East End during WWII, and the author centers her novel around the magistrate who drafted a report of the events. At...
probably more like 2.5 than 3
An fictionalised examination of terrible real life events, as people entering a World War II underground air raid shelter stumble and fall, leading to a deadly crush that kills 173 people. The book looks at the causes of the accident and subsequent inquiry into it from the point of view of the su...
An fictionalised examination of terrible real life events, as people entering a World War II underground air raid shelter stumble and fall, leading to a deadly crush that kills 173 people. The book looks at the causes of the accident and subsequent inquiry into it from the point of view of the su...
I first heard about The Report when Jessica Francis Kane was interviewed on the radio, which was also the first time I had heard about the Bethnal Green tragedy; a crush which killed almost 200 people on a night where there wasn't a single bomb dropped on London. My Dad, who is really interested in ...
Excellent - anyone interested in British civilian life during WWII will find this an exceptional read.
This is a fictionalized look at an event that really happened. 173 really did die, suddenly and unexpectedly, in a London air raid shelter during WWII. So. With a book like this, where you know Something Bad is going to happen, the question is only: When? The author teases things out, gets us invest...
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