A review by littletaiko
City of Women by David R. Gillham

3.0

My mother-in-law gave me this book four years ago after she read it and I'm finally getting around to it. Set in Berlin during WWII, it wasn't something I was just dying to read but every time I picked it up, I couldn't help but be caught up in the story. Yet, every time I put it down it would take some time for me to want to pick it back up again. I appreciated that it made me consider what life during the war would have been like for the Germans. It never really occurred to me that they had to hide in basements during air raids just like the British. While the men were away fighting, the women were left behind trying to survive the best they could while navigating relationships and new rules. The book centers around Sigrid whose husband is away fighting in the war. While he's away she's been having an affair with a Jewish man as well becoming friends with a young woman in her building who has a big secret.