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A review by kaitlin_durante
From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
4.0
**Book club Book**
I don't think I truly knew what I was getting into with this one. I have enjoyed Amy Harmon's writing in the past and this has been on the shelf waiting to be enjoyed so when it was picked for book club I was looking forward to it.
I was astounded by the information it provided without feeling overloaded. I guess when I think about the persecution of the Jewish people during WW2 I only think of Austria/Germany/Poland and had no idea what happened to Jewish people in Italy. It was very eye opening and not in an information dump and move on kind of way. Because of the way the war impacted all the characters involved you stayed engaged the whole even though you knew the ultimate outcome.
The characters were just so interesting and you had to keep going and see what was going to happen to them. The descriptions were vivid so you could imagine the characters experiences without too much description taking away from the storytelling.
Historical fiction is not really my jam. I don't search it out but am really glad we took the time to enjoy this book.
I don't think I truly knew what I was getting into with this one. I have enjoyed Amy Harmon's writing in the past and this has been on the shelf waiting to be enjoyed so when it was picked for book club I was looking forward to it.
I was astounded by the information it provided without feeling overloaded. I guess when I think about the persecution of the Jewish people during WW2 I only think of Austria/Germany/Poland and had no idea what happened to Jewish people in Italy. It was very eye opening and not in an information dump and move on kind of way. Because of the way the war impacted all the characters involved you stayed engaged the whole even though you knew the ultimate outcome.
The characters were just so interesting and you had to keep going and see what was going to happen to them. The descriptions were vivid so you could imagine the characters experiences without too much description taking away from the storytelling.
Historical fiction is not really my jam. I don't search it out but am really glad we took the time to enjoy this book.