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A review by reader_mama
Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn
4.0
3 women meet at Heim Hochland, a German home for pregnant women during WWII. Told from all three POVs, each woman’s reasons for being at the home are different, yet they all become tied together during this tragic period of history.
I had never read anything about the German women who were meant to populate the Aryan race, by having “perfect” German babies. My heart was sick while I was reading about the babies who were stolen and taken from their families and then adopted out to Germans. Irma, the nurse, and Gundi, the young mother were my two favorite characters, and I had empathy for them and their date throughout the story. While Hilde was not my favorite character, I feel she was needed for this story to show how many German women during this time wanted to have genetically perfect children to be important.
The authors note was perfect. It wrapped up the story perfectly for me, and I learned so much more about “behind the scenes” of this novel.
Thank you to the publisher and author for my gifted copy.
I had never read anything about the German women who were meant to populate the Aryan race, by having “perfect” German babies. My heart was sick while I was reading about the babies who were stolen and taken from their families and then adopted out to Germans. Irma, the nurse, and Gundi, the young mother were my two favorite characters, and I had empathy for them and their date throughout the story. While Hilde was not my favorite character, I feel she was needed for this story to show how many German women during this time wanted to have genetically perfect children to be important.
The authors note was perfect. It wrapped up the story perfectly for me, and I learned so much more about “behind the scenes” of this novel.
Thank you to the publisher and author for my gifted copy.