A review by kbfrantom
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
4.0
Marianna makes a promise to her husband to take care of the families of his friends if their plot against Hitler doesn't work out. After World War II has taken their husbands who were resistors to Germany, Marianne searches for other widows and they take refuge in a ruined castle. The story is shows how even those who opposed Hitler felt guilt about what happened, how they were helpless to really do much. Even though the women form a family, they hold secrets that may hurt their friendship. These quotes helped me understand how Germans who didn't agree with Hitler looked away for so long. It was a different time when without verifiable facts, many people did not believe the stories of horror they heard.
"Sometimes it is easier to see clearly from a distance. And what is up close is harder to make out."
"She knew of the horrors and she didn't. She half-knew-but there is no word for that. She knew it the way you know something is happening far away in a distant land, something you have no control over; earthquake refugees living is squalid conditions or victims in a foreign war."
"Sometimes it is easier to see clearly from a distance. And what is up close is harder to make out."
"She knew of the horrors and she didn't. She half-knew-but there is no word for that. She knew it the way you know something is happening far away in a distant land, something you have no control over; earthquake refugees living is squalid conditions or victims in a foreign war."