This book ran the gamut of emotions...

This book ran the gamut of emotions...heart wrenching, despairing but ultimately triumphant. The life of a 96-year-old Swedish woman is told through letters she writes to her great-niece as she nears the end of her life. It’s unique, as she centers her narrative around those folks she’s met in her life who made it into her red address book...some she knew well, some not but almost all ended up with a strike through their name and DEAD written in the margins of the book. It’s a story of loss, love, and desperately trying to survive during the tumultuous years of WW2 in Europe and the US. It was a bit depressing but also absorbing and yes, there were a few tears while reading. There was an uplifting ending however. Trigger: There was a rape scene, not overly graphic.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #HoughtonMifflinHarcourt for the ARC. The opinions are strictly my own.