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The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly
3.5
There’s not a lot of World War II historical fiction - at least that I’ve read - that takes place in America. I hadn’t known that Martha’s Vineyard was used to practice military campaigns such as D-Day or that it was commonplace for German U-boats to be off the coast. I love when I can learn while enjoying a good story and this provided both.
The Smith girls, and I include Bess, were an amazing group of women. So different from one another, but bonded and loyal. They came to appreciate the strengths that their differences brought and embraced them to work together. As most people during that time, they struggled but they worked hard and never gave up. The bits about books, book clubs and discussions of literature were fun as a lifelong reader, but for me this is a story of love and resilience, of never giving up on themselves or each other.
Thanks you to Netgalley, Ballantine and Martha Hall Kelly for the ARC!
The Smith girls, and I include Bess, were an amazing group of women. So different from one another, but bonded and loyal. They came to appreciate the strengths that their differences brought and embraced them to work together. As most people during that time, they struggled but they worked hard and never gave up. The bits about books, book clubs and discussions of literature were fun as a lifelong reader, but for me this is a story of love and resilience, of never giving up on themselves or each other.
Thanks you to Netgalley, Ballantine and Martha Hall Kelly for the ARC!