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A review by andriaerin
The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron
5.0
"She'd play for the rest of them, for the world's loss of innocence and the coldness of hate that fought to overshadow the love she knew to be born of God"
Austria, 1942. After a narrow escape from Nazi soldiers, Adele, Austria's Sweetheart and violin soloist for the Austrian Philharmonic, is accused of assisting Jews and is sent to the work camps in Auschwitz. While there, she becomes a member of the camp's orchestra. Forced to play for the selections and marches, Adele struggles to find her will to live, but finds solace in her music.
In present day New York, Sera, after being left at the alter, is trying to learn about the mysterious woman captured in a painting she saw when she was eight years old before it vanished from history. Determined to find the painting, she meets William, a high society businessman in California, who claims the painting is tied to his grandfather's inheritance. But learning more about the painting will mean learning more about herself, and the answers might not be what she is expecting.
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Kristy Cambron is an extraordinary writer. This is the second novel of hers that I've read, and this one was just as beautiful as the last. The stories she weaves come to life and the characters are well developed. While many Holocaust stories focus on the terrors and torments of the camps, Cambron's characters find solace and hope in art and music, finding a will to stay alive despite the odds that are stacked against them. Sera's determination to find the painting as a way to ease her own hurts made me want her to find her answers. And the ending was absolutely perfect. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of historical fiction novels or World War 2.
Austria, 1942. After a narrow escape from Nazi soldiers, Adele, Austria's Sweetheart and violin soloist for the Austrian Philharmonic, is accused of assisting Jews and is sent to the work camps in Auschwitz. While there, she becomes a member of the camp's orchestra. Forced to play for the selections and marches, Adele struggles to find her will to live, but finds solace in her music.
In present day New York, Sera, after being left at the alter, is trying to learn about the mysterious woman captured in a painting she saw when she was eight years old before it vanished from history. Determined to find the painting, she meets William, a high society businessman in California, who claims the painting is tied to his grandfather's inheritance. But learning more about the painting will mean learning more about herself, and the answers might not be what she is expecting.
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Kristy Cambron is an extraordinary writer. This is the second novel of hers that I've read, and this one was just as beautiful as the last. The stories she weaves come to life and the characters are well developed. While many Holocaust stories focus on the terrors and torments of the camps, Cambron's characters find solace and hope in art and music, finding a will to stay alive despite the odds that are stacked against them. Sera's determination to find the painting as a way to ease her own hurts made me want her to find her answers. And the ending was absolutely perfect. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of historical fiction novels or World War 2.