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The German Wife
by Kelly Rimmer
Ths is not just another World War II story. It is the story of 2 women growing up under very different circumstances half a world away from each other until, one day, their paths tragically cross.
The backdrop is Project Paperclip: the American government's plan to poach German scientists in the chaos immediately following the war's end in order to build the U.S. space program. The tension is in living and working alongside someone who was previously your mortal enemy.
The book tells the story of these 2 women swinging back and forth between the pre and post war periods. While fiction, the author touches upon the social issues of the time in a very personal way. It challenges the reader with the complex ethical dilemmas faced by the book's characters. Things are always more complicated than we'd like to think.
A worthwhile read that was hard to put down.
The backdrop is Project Paperclip: the American government's plan to poach German scientists in the chaos immediately following the war's end in order to build the U.S. space program. The tension is in living and working alongside someone who was previously your mortal enemy.
The book tells the story of these 2 women swinging back and forth between the pre and post war periods. While fiction, the author touches upon the social issues of the time in a very personal way. It challenges the reader with the complex ethical dilemmas faced by the book's characters. Things are always more complicated than we'd like to think.
A worthwhile read that was hard to put down.