The story is split between 2 different time periods. I had a hard time staying interested in the modern half. It was a struggle to finish. I loved the picture of Poland during WW II, but felt like the 2 stories did not mesh well.
“I‘m a terrible cook & not in the endearing way the girls my age insist they are set up they appear liberated.”
“This is the question that wedges itself into the small cracks of his politeness and splits him wide open.”