#WWII
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Book Review: Liliac Girls Woosley-Ferriday #1 by Martha Hall Kelly

Kelly’s debut novel, published April 5, 2016, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats, at your local library, or through the Libby App. The structure of the book is triple points of view alternating between the three main characters: Continue reading
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Book Review: The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

Martin’s book, inspired by the true history of America’s library spies during World War II, was published on July 26, 2022, and is available in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library through the Libby App. The audiobook is brilliantly narrated by Saskia Maarleveld. The book is in dual… Continue reading
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Book Review: Three Sisters by Heater Morris

Three Sisters, the last in the Tattooist of Auschwitz series, was published on October 5, 2021, and is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, or audiobook formats, as well as at your local library through the Libby App. The audiobook is narrated by Finty Williams, who mimics Morris’ clinical writing style in her narration,… Continue reading
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Book Review: Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris

In Morris’s follow-up novel of the The Tattoosist of Auschwitz she makes it clear that while the story is based on actual events in Cecília Kováčová ‘Cilka Klein’ life, it still a novel of fiction weaving together facts and reportage with experiences of women survivors of the Holocaust and the experiences of women sent to… Continue reading
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Book Review: War Pianist by Mandy Robotham

It is a historical fiction set in both London during the Word War II Blitz and in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Robotham introduces us to two strong female protagonists: pianists who operate or control radio transmitters, tapping out messages in Morse code as quickly as if playing a concerto on a piano. It’s riveting and well-plotted, with… Continue reading






















