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Sarah
Is that the true story of the movie 'Defiance' with Daniel Craig?
ReplyDeleteA much more reasonable 4 for me this week. Two of each and nothing (I think!) for your TBR for a change....
Fiction:
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Last Flight to Stalingrad by Graham Hurley
Non-Fiction:
How Spies Think - Ten Lessons in Intelligence by David Omand
The Sugar Barons - Family, Corruption, Empire and War by Matthew Parker
I had to Google the movie and yes, it is the story. The movie was based on a different book, which I may have to find now because I really liked this one. So often the stories I read about the Holocaust have really terrible endings. This one was a heartening change of pace, I had never heard this story before.
DeleteAnd yes, you are SO lucky you didn't get any interesting books this week :P
Dodged a bullet....... Or did YOU dodge a bullet... It's difficult to say........ [lol] I *think* I might have picked up one that you might be interested today but that can wait until Saturday - plus there's 3 in the post (one all the way from Texas).
DeleteThe Sugar Barons book is about sugar plantations in the Caribbean. Unfortunately mostly on Jamaica whereas I'm mostly interested in Barbados where some of my ancestors lived.
I did look that one up on Goodreads because I was interested at first, but decided against it.
DeleteYou are going to have so many new books added to your TBR between your family research and the history books I am going to recommend...HA!
Looks like a good one.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed it, as much as one can enjoy the story of people fighting for their lives by living in the woods, never knowing when they might be discovered. It is a bright spot in the darkness and horror of the Holocaust.
DeleteOff-topic, but stumbled upon a channel on YouTube that features a Titanic wonk. Figured it might be of interest!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXzVgptziJQeoMGXGMniUWA
Thank you!! Looks like Eleanor and I have a lot of new videos to watch!
DeleteYeaaah, I fell into an absolute rabbit hole this past weekend watching his and related channels. I never saw the Olympic in battle dress before...like Titanic in a punk-rock phase!
DeleteI have not seen the Olympic in battle dress either - I will have to check it out. Can you imagine how re-traumatizing it must have been for survivors who ever saw the Olympic? Would be like a ghost ship.
DeleteThe cover of that book you added looks very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe story was fantastic. So much of what I have read of the Holocaust ends in the expected tragedy of few to no survivors. This story is a bright spot in that darkness.
DeleteLooks very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI can't even count the number of books I have read about the Holocaust, and I still never knew this story. It is a bright spot in all the darkness.
DeleteYes, some of those stories can be uplifting and have you believe in humankind or kind humans again. I have read so many books about the Holocaust, as well, there's always something more to learn.
DeleteYes, gives me hope that we might not be all bad. I read a book this week about the Hidden Children of the Holocaust. Very informative, also with its bright spots. But of course there were the families who tried to refuse giving the children back to their real parents, which also made me pretty angry. Still, was a fantastic account. We have to get all these stories written down, there are so few left already and once they're gone, we can't get hem back.
DeleteSo true. That's why I wrote my review about "Belonging" by Nora Krug, our family was only a small one in the big story of the war but I think my grandparents also deserve to be remembered for what they did or didn't do.
DeleteI still have to read the Hidden Children story. I can imagine that some people took in the kids in order to help them survive and then grew very fond of them. Still, you have to know in such a case that they belong to their real parents and that not all of them were killed.
There is much to be proud of for so many families in that terrible era, those who fought back and resisted.
DeleteI really liked the book because these survivors were finally able to be heard - so many of them didn't consider themselves survivors, because society at large told them they weren't since they were not in the ghettos and camps. Can you imagine losing your whole family and still being told you're not part of the 'club' because of HOW you were able to survive?
It was really hard for the younger children who were laced with Christian families early because so many did not remember their real parents, and didn't want to go with them when the war was over in a lot of cases. I imagine it was terrible for everyone - made extra difficult by those who helped for less selfless reasons.
It was such a hard time for everyone. You certainly have heard of one of my favourite books, "Nowhere in Africa". That family survived in Africa and then returned to Germany because the father was a lawyer. But both starts in the "new" countries were really tough for them. AND they lost every single other family member. So horrible.
DeleteTheir story is remarkable. I can't even imagine.
DeleteI don't think anyone of us growing up in a stable condition and not having to fear a war can really understand. We can only try and be compassionate to those who have to live through that even today.
DeleteAnd unfortunately there is still far too much suffering in the world. It's hard to even know where to start trying to help.
DeleteWe will never save the whole world, we can just try to make the lives of some a little easier. We have always had a sponsor child, first in India, now the third time in Africa. Other than that, I try to help those around me as much as I can.
DeleteThat's wonderful! Hopefully I am in a position to be able to do the same one day.
DeleteEvery little thing helps. I did a lot in school when my boys were there, I believe that's also something worth doing.
DeleteA little can make a big difference!
DeleteThat's always my thought. If I can make one person feel better even for a day, it's worth something. At least for that person.
DeleteGiving hope to someone else is very powerful.
DeleteIndeed. Especially to that one person.
DeleteReminds me of the starfish story, how the old man (or young child, depending on the version) walks along the beach every single day, throwing star fish back into the ocean. Someone asks him why he even bothers, because there are so many he can't save, so what difference does it make? He picks up another and tosses it back in and says, "It made a difference to that one."
DeleteYes, I love that story.
Delete<3
DeleteI got four books this week, all Juila Queen novels because I'm obsessed and need help lol
ReplyDeleteJuila Quinn*
DeleteLol, it's okay - there are way worse things to be addicted to than buying books!
DeleteOkay sorry, but the whole 'uneven number' for the comments is bothering me because I have a weird thing about uneven numbers, so ignore this extra comment! lol
DeleteWe were just noticing how many Holocaust books we've picked in our book club. A lot!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear some of the titles you've read recently!
DeleteFor a long time after my daughter was born, I could not read about the Holocaust because it was just too awful to contemplate - especially what was done to children. I have slowly started to read about select topics again.