"'What did Mommy and Daddy even do?'
'Nothing.'
How could she explain to her brother just how true that answer was?"
Huge thanks to Bookish and HarperVia Books for an advanced readers copy of Annette Hess's The German House.
This book stands out amongst other WWII era historical fiction novels in that it follows the aftermath of the war instead of the war itself. Eva is a translator working in the Auschwitz trials in the '60s which leads her to face her country and family's horrific past head-on. This book does an excellent job, I think, of capturing Eva's turmoil as she grapples with her own responsibility and understanding of something that everyone around her wants to quickly forget.
Overall this was a unique read, but it ended in a way that was unfitting to how the rest of the story unfolded.
'Nothing.'
How could she explain to her brother just how true that answer was?"
Huge thanks to Bookish and HarperVia Books for an advanced readers copy of Annette Hess's The German House.
This book stands out amongst other WWII era historical fiction novels in that it follows the aftermath of the war instead of the war itself. Eva is a translator working in the Auschwitz trials in the '60s which leads her to face her country and family's horrific past head-on. This book does an excellent job, I think, of capturing Eva's turmoil as she grapples with her own responsibility and understanding of something that everyone around her wants to quickly forget.
Overall this was a unique read, but it ended in a way that was unfitting to how the rest of the story unfolded.