Heartbreaking yet hopeful..
Stories like these haunt me long after I close the cover. Based on actual events, the dark history of Romanian oppression carries an important message for our times. We must not stand silent while freedom is trampled beneath the boots of tyranny. We must endure and fight for rights domestic and abroad. Whether for a woman's right to choose or Ukranian independence, remembering the past should inform the future. How will they write about us - in the historical fiction and history books of the future? Time will tell if we've learned anything at all.
Ruta Sepetys writes with heart and an unflinching eye for details, often around the events of WWII. While the Historical Fiction market is oversaturated with books around this war, she finds a way to shine through. I will definitely read more of her books, already bought two!
Stories like these haunt me long after I close the cover. Based on actual events, the dark history of Romanian oppression carries an important message for our times. We must not stand silent while freedom is trampled beneath the boots of tyranny. We must endure and fight for rights domestic and abroad. Whether for a woman's right to choose or Ukranian independence, remembering the past should inform the future. How will they write about us - in the historical fiction and history books of the future? Time will tell if we've learned anything at all.
Ruta Sepetys writes with heart and an unflinching eye for details, often around the events of WWII. While the Historical Fiction market is oversaturated with books around this war, she finds a way to shine through. I will definitely read more of her books, already bought two!