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sueperlibrarian 's review for:
The German Wife
by Kelly Rimmer
Thanks so much to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book!
Also thanks to Kelly Rimmer, whom I am now I big fan. I was so moved by All the Things we Cannot Say and was delighted to read this as well.
I love the back and forth both in timelines and narrator. The author takes a big bite here. She talks about the dust bowl of the 30s, the rise of Hitler, post traumatic stress disorder, the rocket program, and all of the trappings of WWII and even the impact of German families in America post war. What a big ask! But Kelly Rimmer delivers.
First we see what the characters have been through so we can see where the story is going. Characterization is well developed with the dual storylines. It also allows the reader to be included not only in the emotions of the German wife trying to establish herself in America, but what Americans must have been feeling while trying to reconcile a terrible war and all that the US had gone through since WWI.
This is a well done book and I enjoyed it so much. I keep saying I do not want to read any more WWII historical fiction and then I find another to give 5*
This review will be on Goodreads, where I store all of my reviews, and will recommend this to patrons and book discussion participants!
Also thanks to Kelly Rimmer, whom I am now I big fan. I was so moved by All the Things we Cannot Say and was delighted to read this as well.
I love the back and forth both in timelines and narrator. The author takes a big bite here. She talks about the dust bowl of the 30s, the rise of Hitler, post traumatic stress disorder, the rocket program, and all of the trappings of WWII and even the impact of German families in America post war. What a big ask! But Kelly Rimmer delivers.
First we see what the characters have been through so we can see where the story is going. Characterization is well developed with the dual storylines. It also allows the reader to be included not only in the emotions of the German wife trying to establish herself in America, but what Americans must have been feeling while trying to reconcile a terrible war and all that the US had gone through since WWI.
This is a well done book and I enjoyed it so much. I keep saying I do not want to read any more WWII historical fiction and then I find another to give 5*
This review will be on Goodreads, where I store all of my reviews, and will recommend this to patrons and book discussion participants!