The Women in the Castle
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01NBUC8DN |
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| Number of Pages | : | 133 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Engrossing! Mary Lins "The Women in the Castle" by Jessica Shattuck, is âan engrossing novel âabout three German women after WWIIâ and it includes âall the usual Big Themes of right/wrong, guilt/innocence, revenge/forgiveness.â âMarianne, Benita, and Ania, are the surviving wives of men who participated in the July 20, 1944, failed assassination attempt on Hitler (aka as Operation Valkyrie). Marianne, the strongest and the leader, promised to take care of the wives and children of the would-be. It was not what I expected. I read a lot of this period, generally from the Jewish point a view, when Hitler forged the world war ll for world dominance. I rarely have read from the Germans prospective, those who were against Hitler's insane view. The effect the invasion had on these three women and how they dealt with it was pretty amazing. I liked this book and would recommend it.. Kindle Customer said masterful storytelling and memorable characters. great story,where I learned more about German women during and after WWII-particularly women who were married to men who had conspired to kill Hitler. The characters are masterfully drawn and their stories poignant. I don't think I will ever forget this book, or its characters. One of the best books I have read in a long time
Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined - an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times notable book The Hazards of Good Breeding. First Marianne rescues six-year-old Martin, the son of her dearest childhood friend, from a Nazi reeducation home. Combining piercing social insight and vivid historical atmosphere, The Women in the Castle is a dramatic yet nuanced portrait of war and its repercussions that explores what it mean