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The Soldier's Wife - Community Reviews back

by Margaret Leroy
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EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it 7 years ago
As World War II draws closer and closer to Guernsey, Vivienne de la Mare knows that there will be sacrifices to be made. Not just for herself, but for her two young daughters and for her mother-in-law, for whom she cares while her husband is away fighting. What she does not expect is that she will f...
SilverThistle
SilverThistle rated it 11 years ago
Nazi occupation on Guernsey during WWII. Doesn't really conjure up images of a lovely romance for me but I think this is considered Historical Romance. The only thing I found romantic about it was the language and the setting but I did enjoy it. While reading it the star rating swung from 4 to 2 to ...
Bright and Bon Vivant
Bright and Bon Vivant rated it 11 years ago
Vapid historical romance. The author is much more comfortable writing about flowers and food than she is about honest relationships. At least it was a quick read and it did not offend me the way that Sarah's Key did. It also peaked my interest in German occupation of the Channel Islands during WWII....
Thewanderingjew
Thewanderingjew rated it 13 years ago
Although I was reading several books at the time I began this one, I put them all aside to finish The Soldier’s Wife. I didn’t expect it to have so profound an effect on me. With tremendous insight into the conflicting emotions one must experience when under the heel of an invading army, a captive i...
Jordyn the Paperback Princess
Jordyn the Paperback Princess rated it 13 years ago
i couldnt finish this. it was so slow in the beginning and theres no romance to it at all. unless u count cheating on ur soldier husband and sleeping with a german.
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it 13 years ago
Some novels are written in such a way that every sentence fills the reader with a sense of peace ad profound delight. The language may not be poetic per se, but the impression left upon the reader is one of simple beauty. Every word needs to be savored and every scene to be absorbed. The entire nove...
Dianne
Dianne rated it 13 years ago
1.99 8/30/12
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