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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
Touching and poignant. A beautifully written tale about the gentle strength of women, surviving and thriving in horrible circumstances.
I had no idea this was based on real people until the author’s note at the end. I’m floored!! Stories of women resistors deserve greater attention in our discussion of history. Add this to your reading list for a new perspective on WWII.
This new-to-me author, Erika Robuck, left me gobsmacked with her ability to make Virginia d’Albert-Lake and Violette Szabo come alive for me! They are so authentically crafted and because Robuck makes readers privy to the early life of each woman, it resulted in my instant connection with them. I knew what they’d experienced and what they could have had, yet chose to set it aside to fight for freedom. After risking it all to save the lives of many, these resistance sisters, now united in adversity, have to find the strength to save themselves from the horrors of Ravensbruck concentration camp.
You may be confused for the first 100 pages or so because both women have French/English heritage and both names start with ‘V’....but hang in there.
If you are interested in meticulously researched historical fiction based on actual people and events and can handle WW2 atrocities and hardships, this is a great read.
You may be confused for the first 100 pages or so because both women have French/English heritage and both names start with ‘V’....but hang in there.
If you are interested in meticulously researched historical fiction based on actual people and events and can handle WW2 atrocities and hardships, this is a great read.
This book was so good. I really liked the dual story telling for each of the women. You get both sides of the resistance/war. And to know what those women went through.... So much is still not fully known.
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Omg. I am so mad, but I am so glad this book was written. It is based on the Nazi-war era. Absolutely incredible read. While I had some hope within the story, my heart was crushed.
This book is a must for historical fiction fans. Erika Robuck has done it again. The book is the story of two different women, Virginia d’Albert-Lake and Violette Szabo as they work to fight against the Nazis. Virginia is an American married to a frenchman, and rather that leave and return to the states, Virginia chooses to stay with her husband and begins to work with the French Resistance. Violette is in England and longs to do more, she winds up being recruited to the SOE and parachutes into France. Based on two actual women, this story is hard to put down.