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Tag Archives: WWII
What Can’t Be Seen
What I didn’t realize until the end of Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow, was that it is historical fiction based on the lives of the reclusive Collyer brothers who resided in New York City during the last century. Homer … Continue reading
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Tagged blindness, Books, collyer brothers, EL Doctorow, historical fiction, hoarding, homer and Langley, mustard gas, New York City, ptsd, reclusives, WWI, WWII
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Wandering Exiles
I began reading The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa on the anniversary of The Night of the Broken Glass. It was coincidental, not purposeful. I finished the novel on Armistice Day. The timing was perfect and the book quite … Continue reading
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Tagged armando Correa, Books, Cuba, Germany, historical fiction, NYC, The German Girl, WWII
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Symphony of Life
The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomons is a then and now story set in England before and after World War Two. Three brothers and their father return to the family estate after it was requisitioned by England during … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, child prodigy, England, fiction, music, Natasha Solomons, the song of hartgrove Hall, WWII
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Isola Casa
The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner is a lovely novel about four generations of a family living on a small island off the southern coast of Italy. Spanning the years during World War 1 and 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged arancini, Books, Catherine Banner, fiction, island life, Italy, Mediterranean, Sicily, st agatha, the house at the edge of night, WWI, WWII
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Whither Thou Goest
Bridge to the Sun by Gwen Terasaki is a memoir written by the American wife of a Japanese diplomat during World War II. When the Tennessee born author met and married her Japanese husband in Washington D.C. in 1931, little … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Bridge to the sun, China, Cuba, diplomats, Gwen Teraski, Hiroshima, Japan, memoir, Pearl Harbor, WWII
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Art Heroes
The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter is an exceptional history of the valiant men and women whose mission during World War II was to locate and save the countless art treasures looted by the Nazi regime. … Continue reading
Dawning
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is one of the best books I have read this year. I was so impressed with this novel that I am planning to look into Doerr’s previous award-winning stories. This powerful story … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, Books, France, Germany, Nazis, WWII
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