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swarnak84's review
5.0
Beautifully structured memoirs of loss and tragedy, family and memory. Van Es conveys both wartime horrors and simmering familial resentments in compelling manner. Very well deserving of all the plaudits it has received.
michellecoleman's review against another edition
3.0
This is a very readable account of one mans’s research into how his family hid and fostered a Jewish girl during WWII. I don’t understand why she is not a coauthor.
momreaderh's review against another edition
4.0
Very interesting read. Warning: the girl is repeatedly raped by a member of the family that is supposed to be hiding her. It is not graphic, but might not be suitable for kids.
suehepworth's review against another edition
3.0
True story of Jewish girl now who was hidden by various families in the Netherlands during World War 2. Author is grandson of one of the mothers who looked after Lien. No one from her own family survived. Interesting and moving. Times bestseller
shornerk's review against another edition
5.0
This book was one of the best books I read this year. It was an incredibly compassionate and empathetic journey into the resonance of trauma, the uncertainty of belonging, and the fierceness of love and slow moves of repair. The construction of this nonfiction book is incredibly artful, as it weaves forward and back in time to explore resonance and develop its own forward, page-turning momentum. Absolutely beautiful book.
batforanna's review against another edition
5.0
A understandably upsetting read at times, nevertheless a deeply moving and extremely well written true story.
iaparicio's review against another edition
4.0
Já li vários livros sobre o Holocusto e este trouxe uma perspetiva diferente de todas as outras que tinha lido, o que é, sem dúvida, um ponto a favor. Contudo, senti, por vezes, que a voz da protagonista era abafada pela do escritor, que tornava, frequentemente, a história sobre si e não sobre Lien.