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The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
5.0

The beauty of Simonson's writing is how real the characters and setting feel. It feels like any of these people could've been alive during the dawn of World War II, lived in these lives, and reacted the way each did when facing the hardships before them. This is a lovely tome and if you like realistic, historical fiction you'd do well to pick it up.