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WWII Based Books

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ritzbiscuits · 15/01/2019 08:50

I fancy reading a couple of books about WWII this year, as it's a subject I'm fascinated in.

I have 'All The Light We Cannot See' on my bookshelf unread. Can you lovely bunch recommend any others?

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concretesieve · 15/01/2019 14:02

It's out of print, but lots of copies available second-hand - Hearts Undefeated. It's a Virago anthology of contemporary non-fiction writing by women from a wide range of backgrounds. One of my all-time favourite books.

MrsBartlettforthewin · 15/01/2019 13:59

Citadel by Kate Mosse about the French resistance is very good. Good Night Mr Tom more for kids I guess though I love it.

Helmetbymidnight · 15/01/2019 13:46

Ooh ooh, and I also recommend, Nikola Scott's Summer of Secrets, Sharon Maas 'The Soldier's girl' and Lorna Cook's forthcoming debut, 'The Forgotten village' - which is about a requisitioned village in Tyneham, Dorset.

Helmetbymidnight · 15/01/2019 13:42

I loved 'Dear Mrs Bird' which came out last year.

'Suite Francaise' and 'Charlotte Gray' are very good.

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ritzbiscuits · 15/01/2019 13:39

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I'll look them all up.

I'm open to ideas really, maybe a 'true' story of someone's experience.

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Taytotots · 15/01/2019 09:35

'if not now when?' Primo Levi. Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines.

'Charlotte Gray' Sebastian Faulks. Scottish woman working for the resistance in France.

MillicentMargaretAmanda · 15/01/2019 09:24

What sort of thing are you looking for? Lived experience in occupied territory: Christabel Bielenberg, The Past Is Myself. For kids, though also good for adults, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and its sequels, based on Judith Kerr's experience as a refugee in Paris then U.
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Simon Mawer, about an SOE agent in France (fiction).
When The Siren Wailed by Noel Streatfeild is also a kids book but about the evacuee experience.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society about life in occupied Guernsey

BikeRunSki · 15/01/2019 08:56

From Sand and Ash - Amy Harmon

Story of a Catholic boy and Jewish girl growing up in Italy in the years inbetwern the wars, and how the war impacts this relationship. Lots of historical context and well researched background. I couldn’t put it down. I had to adkDH to drive the long way round on the way back from holiday do I could finish it!

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