The
Girl from Berlin was an unusual read for me. I gave it a go based on a post on Silver's
Reviews. I really enjoyed the book.
It was very well written indeed. The
dual timeline in particular was very natural.
So there is a current day mystery – a corporation is
trying to force an old lady off her Tuscan land. An American couple is enticed to go there
and help.
The old lady gives them a memoir to read. The memoir is by Ada who is the girl from
Berlin.
I don't get political on the blog but I must say that
the pre war narrative of how people got used to Hitler and how even Jewish
people didn't take him seriously enough – well it made you think about some
things going on in our own times.
A great read which handled some difficult subjects
sensitively.
Apparently the American couple have been in 4 previous
books – I need to look them out.
wow! I love books like these
ReplyDeleteThanks for review. They don't have it our library (downloadable) so I'll check when we get to Florida! Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteI saw this on several blogs myself. Seems a good story. I agree after sometime we do get used to dictators etc in our midst. A kind of fatalistic acceptance
ReplyDeleteI’m intrigued.....
ReplyDeleteI visited Berlin while the wall was still in place. This sounds as if it would be interesting.
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