We Must Be Brave | 
pickThis just scrapes a Pick. I found it inconsistent - sometimes it was sentimental tosh & others it was genuinely moving. The writing, solid in the main, got flabby & vague at points. The plot is good but dragged out and the arrival of a 2nd lost child was just too contrived for me. The long lost father was superfluous. Was also frustrated by how long they took to reconnect. But I did enjoy it overall, it was just too melodramatic for me to love it.
Starting this one tonight. Apparently it's a bit of a tear-jerker .... 😭😭😭😭
With thanks to #netgalley for this book.
pickIf you enjoy tears steadily streaming down your face, read it.
Quiet, sunny, lovely afternoon on the porch with a good book 😊 Simply heaven!
pickYes this is a sentimental WWII-everyone-pulls-together-through-hardship story, but it was more than that. Great writing, with a steeliness to it, if that‘s the right word, as well as the many lovely characters and the heart wrenching storyline. I cried through about a third of it in the strangely comforting way that only a book can make you do!
Found this on the Lucky Day shelf at the library tonight! (No holds. Can‘t be renewed.) It is brand new because the date inside the cover is stamped April 2, 2019 !! I‘m going to try to get to it next 😁
Historical fiction and mystery are my next reads.
pan🍭🍭 review is up on my blog. This did not do it for me! https://reecaspieces.com/2019/02/26/we-must-be-brave-by-frances-liardet-historic...
Spanning the sweep of the twentieth century, We Must Be Brave explores the fierce love that we feel for our children and the power of that love to endure. Beyond distance, beyond time, beyond life itself.
In the spirit of We Were the Lucky Ones and The Nightingale, here is a novel about courage and kindness, hardship and friendship, and the astonishing power of love.
