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The German Wife
by Kelly Rimmer
I have read countless historical fiction books, especially ones with female protagonists set during world wars.
But this book is different.
It balanced between a thin line between compassion and animosity and it did that so beautifully. Not every author can manage to bring out the humanity of a person serving the Nazi Government with as much as grace & poise as Kelly Rimmer has.
I really struggled to keep my anger at bay as at times the naivete of Sofie’s was so incredulous bordering on ridiculous. But I think this was the author’s intention, to make you feel all these real, raw & not necessarily pleasant emotions.
The German Wife is an extremely well researched book chronicling the lives of 2 very different women divided by a continent but bound together with the despair & hardships that come with the wars.
Sofie is married to a German Rocket Scientist “ Jürgen” & even though they vehemently oppose Hitler’s radical ideas, they are forced to join the Nazi Party for the sake of survival. Whereas Lizzie is a simple farm girl trying to survive the hard life, after she loses her parents, her farm and also the last remaining link she had with the world- her brother to PTSD.
Both these women are survivors & would do whatever is necessary to keep their loved ones safe so when their paths eventually do cross, the author unleashes all these emotions & you are engulfed with all these feelings of grief, courage, and mercy.
Written in dual timelines , 1930s & 1950s and with multiple narrators, this is one book you do not want to miss if you are a fan of historical fiction.
It was so easy to slip into this world of Kelly Rimmer & though the story was eerily emotional & distressing, I did not want it to finish.
Happy Reading
But this book is different.
It balanced between a thin line between compassion and animosity and it did that so beautifully. Not every author can manage to bring out the humanity of a person serving the Nazi Government with as much as grace & poise as Kelly Rimmer has.
I really struggled to keep my anger at bay as at times the naivete of Sofie’s was so incredulous bordering on ridiculous. But I think this was the author’s intention, to make you feel all these real, raw & not necessarily pleasant emotions.
The German Wife is an extremely well researched book chronicling the lives of 2 very different women divided by a continent but bound together with the despair & hardships that come with the wars.
Sofie is married to a German Rocket Scientist “ Jürgen” & even though they vehemently oppose Hitler’s radical ideas, they are forced to join the Nazi Party for the sake of survival. Whereas Lizzie is a simple farm girl trying to survive the hard life, after she loses her parents, her farm and also the last remaining link she had with the world- her brother to PTSD.
Both these women are survivors & would do whatever is necessary to keep their loved ones safe so when their paths eventually do cross, the author unleashes all these emotions & you are engulfed with all these feelings of grief, courage, and mercy.
Written in dual timelines , 1930s & 1950s and with multiple narrators, this is one book you do not want to miss if you are a fan of historical fiction.
It was so easy to slip into this world of Kelly Rimmer & though the story was eerily emotional & distressing, I did not want it to finish.
Happy Reading