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A review by samizimecki
So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II by Alison O'Leary, Michael J. Tougias
4.0
Won in a Goodreads giveaway.
I love when authors tell history in a entertaining way, and that's what this book did. Similar to Devil in the White City, the each chapter alternates between two perspectives, happening in the same timeline. There's the Downs family who is just a regular American family who's ship gets sunk by a German U-Boat and then there's the U-Boat story line full of facts and multiple stories about wrecks and rescues.
The beginning was a bit slow, but once we get to the sinking, I couldn't put the book down. My copy also had some pictures of the actual people the book was talking about, which is always nice.
I love when authors tell history in a entertaining way, and that's what this book did. Similar to Devil in the White City, the each chapter alternates between two perspectives, happening in the same timeline. There's the Downs family who is just a regular American family who's ship gets sunk by a German U-Boat and then there's the U-Boat story line full of facts and multiple stories about wrecks and rescues.
The beginning was a bit slow, but once we get to the sinking, I couldn't put the book down. My copy also had some pictures of the actual people the book was talking about, which is always nice.