A raw account of a German woman's life during WWII as well as an account of her daughter's life in modern day Minnesota. The story bounces back and forth between times and places, but it's very easy to follow. No quotation marks are used for conversation, but that I actually liked that.
The beginning was a little slow for me, but I quickly became hooked. Towards the end of the book, I skimmed a lot as I felt the story dragging.
I must say that some of the horrors inflicted by the Third Reich were written about in graphic detail, and I've had a hard time pushing the images out of my mind. So, consider yourself warned. By no means am I sorry I read this book, though. I won't forget this one for a long time. For me, the only thing that could have made it better would have been if there was a little more closure at the end, but I can see how that would not have been true to the characters and why the book had to end the way it did.
The beginning was a little slow for me, but I quickly became hooked. Towards the end of the book, I skimmed a lot as I felt the story dragging.
I must say that some of the horrors inflicted by the Third Reich were written about in graphic detail, and I've had a hard time pushing the images out of my mind. So, consider yourself warned. By no means am I sorry I read this book, though. I won't forget this one for a long time. For me, the only thing that could have made it better would have been if there was a little more closure at the end, but I can see how that would not have been true to the characters and why the book had to end the way it did.
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