One Sentence Summary:
In 1942 a Jewish girl hides her brother in the cupboard when the police take her away thinking she will be right back, in 2002 a reported uncovers the story of the girl.
Review:
I really enjoyed this story though the writing was a bit jilted with abrupt scenee changes from time to time, especially in the 2002 parts of the novel. De Rosnay's historical fiction is her strongest point, and I would like to read more historical work from her. I am not sold on her modern era writing but it is still a solid story. Some of the characters were a bit weak, seemingly thrown in for no reason other than that De Rosnay thinks they should exist, they really didn't do much to move the story along. There were also rushed segments. But if you like WW2 fiction I recommend this as it has all the elements of a great war story.
8/10
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