A review by utahmomreads
City of Women by David R. Gillham

3.0

Building on the reader's previous knowledge and fear of the Gestapo and Secret Police operating in Berlin during the Third Reich, David R. Gillham brings an intensity and foreboding to his story of women living in Berlin. In City of Women, Gillham expertly details the harrowing time period for the women left behind by war. Sigrid is living alone with her peevish mother-in-law and working. Taking each day at a time, Sigrid is at once plagued and comforted by memories of her affair with a Jewish man. A new friendship will push Sigrid to make dangerous choices and take actions that may threaten her own safety. Yet, she feels she must help hide her lover's family.

Gillham writes a masterful historical fiction novel full of intrigue, danger and love. The characters are conflicted and complex and through the twists and turns of plot, it is difficult to know who to trust. Hard to put down, City of Women will get inside your head for days.

However, for a "city of women" there are plenty of men and lots of sex. Too much sex.