A review by bbethcasas
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Loved, loved, loved!!!  Such a wonderful story! Eva Traube Abrams is a librarian in Florida. When she’s at her desk one morning, she sees a picture in a paper nearby and recognizes a book that takes her back over 60 years - The Book of Lost Names - HER book! She used this book as a way to keep track of the names of children who have been shepherded through a small French town on their way to freedom and safety in the horrible years of World War II. 

The timeline shifts back and forth between the present and the past as Eva lived it. The reader learns Eva’s history and how the book came to be hers. Eva endures so much hardship as she tries to protect the youngest victims of this horrible war.

You will laugh and cry as you read this book! And find so many lasting human truths that will never change. 
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