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A review by bionicsarah
Daughters of Warsaw by Maria Frances
4.0
This is a historical novel looking at the way Polish Nationals reacted to a Jewish ghetto formed in Warsaw during World War II. The story looks at a young Polish woman who was involved in arranging the escape of mostly Jewish children from the ghetto, and in this way, protecting them from the Nazis roundups and ultimate concentration camp deaths.
The book is told from the point of view of the historical figure, but also from the point of view of her modern relative, a young woman who whilst grieving for her recurrent miscarriages finds some documents relating to her family past and goes Poland to investigate these
The book has a very slow start. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s going to go anywhere and it’s not until the parts of the the story set in World War II that I started to enjoy the book more interesting .These sections are authentic and tell a story for my point of view that I have personally not read before. The atrocities of the war are dealt with with sensitivity and skill, it was easy to imagine yourself in the narrators position.
I did however not find myself not really caring for the American woman and her miscarriages and I found the modern sections for less interesting.
The section at the end when the two old women reunite is deeply emotional a fitting end to the novel.
The author has a clear, easy read prose style and the book was an easy read. The setting both historical and geographical are integral parts of the novel and are evocative and interesting in equal parts.
I read an early Copy of the novel on NetGalley, UK the book is published in the UK the 18th of January 2024 by Avon Books uk
This review will appear on NetGalley, UK, good reads and my book blog bionicsarahsbooks.Wordpress.com
The book is told from the point of view of the historical figure, but also from the point of view of her modern relative, a young woman who whilst grieving for her recurrent miscarriages finds some documents relating to her family past and goes Poland to investigate these
The book has a very slow start. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s going to go anywhere and it’s not until the parts of the the story set in World War II that I started to enjoy the book more interesting .These sections are authentic and tell a story for my point of view that I have personally not read before. The atrocities of the war are dealt with with sensitivity and skill, it was easy to imagine yourself in the narrators position.
I did however not find myself not really caring for the American woman and her miscarriages and I found the modern sections for less interesting.
The section at the end when the two old women reunite is deeply emotional a fitting end to the novel.
The author has a clear, easy read prose style and the book was an easy read. The setting both historical and geographical are integral parts of the novel and are evocative and interesting in equal parts.
I read an early Copy of the novel on NetGalley, UK the book is published in the UK the 18th of January 2024 by Avon Books uk
This review will appear on NetGalley, UK, good reads and my book blog bionicsarahsbooks.Wordpress.com