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| Title | : | Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls #1) |
| Author | : | Martha Hall Kelly |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 487 pages |
| Published | : | April 5th 2016 by Ballantine Books |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. World War II. Holocaust. Audiobook |
Martha Hall Kelly
Hardcover | Pages: 487 pages Rating: 4.29 | 187764 Users | 17106 Reviews
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Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this debut novel reveals a story of love, redemption, and 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 Ravensbrück, 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.Point Books To Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls #1)
| Original Title: | Lilac Girls |
| ISBN: | 1101883073 (ISBN13: 9781101883075) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lilac Girls #1 |
| Characters: | Caroline Ferriday, Kasia Kuzmerick, Herta Oberheuser, Paul Rodierre |
| Setting: | New York State(United States) Paris(France) Germany …more Lublin(Poland) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction & for Debut Goodreads Author (2016) |
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Ratings: 4.29 From 187764 Users | 17106 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls #1)
No matter how many books I read about the atrocities of the holocaust, the death camps , the concentration camps, I always feel that each of the stories must be told so it is not forgotten and no matter how difficult these stories are to read , we have to read them. In this novel the story of what happened at Ravensbruck, the concentration camp , infamous for the horrific medical experimentation on young Polish women is told from the perspectives of three women. It spans two decades from 1939I have read many books about World War ll, but had not heard of Ravensbruck concentration camp and the inhumane medical experimentations that happened there.This story was told by three different women during the course of 20 years, two Polish sisters who ended up in the camp, and a wonderful, beautiful soul who was New York based, who did so much to help during and after the war. I will remember these women!
After all the books I've read about the horrors surronding WWII it still amazes me how awful humans can be to each other. Lilac Girls is one of those novels that brings to light a little known atrocity... the experimentation on women in Ravensbruck Concentration Camp. The writing is so raw that at times I wasn't sure I'd be able to get through it. It saddens me so much to think that any of the victims of these atrocities would carry guilt feeling any it was their fault. I appreciate the
Do not let the idyllic cover of this book fool you; three girls, arm in arm, having a leisurely stroll together. This book is about Ravensbruck, a women's concentration camp located in northern Germany, during World War II. Over 130,000 women went through this camp with the majority never leaving: dying from disease, starvation or execution. These women were also subjected to grotesque experiments that would leave them disfigured, sterilized or dead. They would become known as the Ravensbruck
Lilac Girls is a quietly powerful book set in the second World War and based on a true story.It is well narrated by three different narrators, one for each POV. The story is told through the eyes of Caroline Ferraday, New York Socialite; Kasia Kuzmerick , a young Polish woman; and Herta Oberheuser a young German Doctor, whose lives are set on a collusion course. In my eyes, this is a 'must read' book. And when you do, don't skip the author's note at the end on how the book came to be written.
I'm so very clearly in the minority here, and I don't really feel like drawing the ire of the thousands of people who seem to have enjoyed this book so just let me say that the story was fine but I thought the writing was weak. The characters weren't developed and Kelly's use of the three-intertwined-narratives technique (Side note: I am sick to death of that technique) struck me as clumsy and ineffective.
A compelling historical fiction that sheds light on the horrific human experiments at Ravensbruck concentration camp during World War II and the American socialite that fought for the story to be heard. Split into three parts and told through the eyes of three different women, Lilac Girls covers the period between 1939-1959 and takes readers from Germany to Poland, and New York City and Paris. Lilac Girls shines a light on the brutality of war and the different forms of political resistance
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