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A review by sonialusiveira
From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
5.0
Amy Harmon has been on my tbr list ever since I started reading English books back in 2015 but somehow I never really started reading her books until now.(Fun fact no one cares: English is my second, or rather third language, first and second being Tetun and Indonesian). I decided to dive into Amy Harmon works with From Sand and Ash because a love story between a Catholic priest and a Jewish girl set in Italy during WWII sounds really intriguing.
But this book is not just about a love story. It is a well-researched and well-written book about the terrible happenings and struggles of Jewish people and the willingness of Italian people to help shelter them from the Nazi Germany during the war. The places and events were so vividly described that sometimes I felt like I was present there and witness all the gory occurrences. I love to read about how people become courageous in their fearfulness and risk and, some even sacrifices, themselves to save other people. I’d really recommend this book for people who are interested in reading stories set in WWII or if you are studying about WWII and want to know about some events happening during the period in Italy, you can check this book out as the plot is quite accurate to the actual events and some of the characters were real people.
But this book is not just about a love story. It is a well-researched and well-written book about the terrible happenings and struggles of Jewish people and the willingness of Italian people to help shelter them from the Nazi Germany during the war. The places and events were so vividly described that sometimes I felt like I was present there and witness all the gory occurrences. I love to read about how people become courageous in their fearfulness and risk and, some even sacrifices, themselves to save other people. I’d really recommend this book for people who are interested in reading stories set in WWII or if you are studying about WWII and want to know about some events happening during the period in Italy, you can check this book out as the plot is quite accurate to the actual events and some of the characters were real people.