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The Warsaw Orphan
by Kelly Rimmer
Historical fiction novel about the occupation of Warsaw and the Ghetto with the deportation and extermination of hundreds of thousands of Jewish citizens at Treblinka. As so often happens when I read one of these novels, I as astounded at the horrors humans can inflict on others. I also learn so much history that is not being taught in our schools. The author has done a great deal of research on the war and uprising in Warsaw which is shown through the story. It is loosely based on the Irena Sendler, the nurse who saved 2500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto.
Told in alternating voices between Emilia, a Catholic girl on the outside of the Ghetto and Roman, inside the Ghetto. Their lives intersect through a nurse who works in the Ghetto.
Although I did like the story, I admit I had some reader's fatigue by the end at all Emilia and Roman endured. However, sadly, that is the realities of war.
Told in alternating voices between Emilia, a Catholic girl on the outside of the Ghetto and Roman, inside the Ghetto. Their lives intersect through a nurse who works in the Ghetto.
Although I did like the story, I admit I had some reader's fatigue by the end at all Emilia and Roman endured. However, sadly, that is the realities of war.