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lindam's review
1.0
Oh dear ... dreadful. I kept reading to the end because I hoped for some redemption or enlightenment in the main contemporary character. But no, she remained as shallow as her minimalist brand-laden London flat. A literary visit to Germany in the 1930's that does nothing to stir or add insight to prejudices and stereotypes. Sorry I wasted a week reading it.
jennyanydots's review
2.0
An interesting premise - travel writer Frannie goes to do a piece from a ski resort in Germany, only to discover a photo of her grandmother as a young woman, with Hitler. It turns out that her grandmother, Daphne, has been sent over to Germany in 1936 to improve her German, and visited the winter olympics. Frannie starts trying to research the details for a book, and the story interweaves between modern day and Daphne back in the 1930s. Which would have been fine, except that the author also felt the need to make Frannie "interesting" by creating a complicated love life that introdued 2-dimensional characters and completely predictable entanglements, and I was much more interested in Daphne's story. So 50% of the book was good, 50% was less so. I could have lived with a lot less of Frannie and her woes.
stephend81d5's review
2.0
easy going read but nothing really special reminded me of the return by Victoria heslop the plot seems quite easy going of grandmother going to hitler's Germany for the 1936 wintergames and meets a few german men but felt the storyline could of been stronger and more compelling
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