I have recommended this to so many people this summer and no one has been disappointed.
It was on the previous 'Free your mind' list but not the latest one , but I see it is being released as a film soon. It is beautifully written but it is also the first book I have read which attempts to talk about German atrocities during the Holocaust from an immediate post war German perspective. The relationship between the young man and the older woman with a 'past' is fascinating , almost incredible. When her past catches up with him at a later stage in his life , he struggles to balance his concern for her with his horror at her past.
It is a compelling read and would easily work for H or AH.
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Oh dear - I think this must be a 'Gathering Light' book for me. I see the merit in the writing but I didn't like it at all - I was completely scunnered by the narrator who was arrogant and eventually weak, and I didn't really understand the character of the older woman until near the end of the story, by which time I had little sympathy left for anyone. This was a fast read, but it just didn't do it for me....sorry Anne!
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