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dark reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

katscribefever's review against another edition

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4.0

In 1921, Françoise Frenkel, a young Polish woman of Jewish descent, partners with her husband to set up her lifelong dream of a French bookshop located in Berlin. Within a few years, her husband must go into hiding, and she soon must follow his lead in order to protect herself from the encroaching Nazi Party. What follows is a leapfrogging tale of close calls and near-misses as she witnesses time and again the duality of power: a trap that ensnares or an olive branch to compassionately extend. A beautiful and uplifting tale from a dark period of history, this memoir is a great choice for fans of history or biographies.

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4.0

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4.0

Worthwhile read.

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The first half reads as a history book than as a memoir. It is a chronology, which omits the fact that she was married. The second half allows us to know Francoise better. This is not a criticism; merely an observation. She certainly paints pictures of the French character and its war-time racism that most tomes skim. I would like to know how she fared in Switzerland.

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3.0