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Lilac Girls

Kelly, Martha Hall. Book - 2016 Fiction / Kelly, Martha, Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Kelly, Martha Hall None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.6 out of 5

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"Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this powerful debut novel reveals an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades. New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline's world is forever changed when Hitler's army invades Poland in September 1939--and then sets its sights on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire consequences. For the ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbruck, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. Their stories cross continents--from New York to Paris, Germany, and Poland--as Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten. In Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly has crafted a remarkable novel of unsung women and their quest for love, freedom, and second chances. It is a story that will keep readers bonded with the characters, searching for the truth, until the final pages. Advance praise for Lilac Girls "Rich with historical detail and riveting to the end, Lilac Girls weaves the lives of three astonishing women into a story of extraordinary moral power set against the harrowing backdrop of Europe in thrall to Nazi Germany. Martha Hall Kelly moves effortlessly across physical and ethical battlegrounds, across the trajectory of a doomed wartime romance, across the territory of the soul. I can't remember the last time I read a novel that moved me so deeply."--Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of A Hundred Summers and The Secret Life of Violet Grant "Inspired by actual events and real people, Martha Hall Kelly has woven together the stories of three women during World War II that reveal the bravery, cowardice, and cruelty of those days. This is a part of history--women's history--that should never be forgotten."--Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of China Dolls"-- Provided by publisher.

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well-written submitted by smgop on August 31, 2016, 8:04pm nicely done for a first book!

3.5 stars submitted by 21621031390949 on August 9, 2018, 10:26pm Interesting book about the very different WWII experiences of three women - one in the US, one in Nazi Germany, and a Polish girl in a German concentration camp. Some parts were hard to read, and always, it is hard to believe the atrocities that humans can allow to happen to others.
Not a great book, however, in that the writing is very simple, artless, unimaginative. At first I thought this was the authors attempt to speak in the character's voice, but it was the same for all 3 of these very different women.

d submitted by kscapellie on July 11, 2020, 9:04am interesting historic book good read

Lilac Girls submitted by boshoven on June 13, 2023, 9:40am haven't read it yet.