Love and Treasure | 
pickWhat a treat, to have had the time to read 2 books over the Festive break! This one told a tale of the Hungarian Gold Train, loaded with Hungarian Jewish property, destined never to be Hungarian Jewish with its owners, guarded by a US Jewish soldier, and how one locket links together those seeking treasure across three generations. For some, that treasure is gold, or art, or money, for others it is freedom. Sad, moving and vibrant storytelling.
I see I am in the minority (on Goodreads at least) in my enjoyment of the third section of this book. I love a good priggish psychoanalyst narrator.
At 1/3 of the way in, it‘s clear this is my favorite kind of puzzle-box of a book, with the plot driven by the provenance of an artifact—in this case, a Jugendstil necklace looted from Hungarian Jews during WW2.
(Illustration non sequitur by Nell Brinkley)
Hooked. Completely. Love when a book can do that so quickly!! ❤️❤️❤️ Also, COOL FILTERS FTW!!!
Unexpected surprise! My thrift store find is inscribed.
This book does not deal with pirate #treasure ,instead it's an entire Nazi train full of stolen valuables seized from the Hungarian Jewish community towards the end of WWII. A train carrying between 1 - 4 billion dollars worth of goods was captured by US servicemen with the premise of sorting and returning all items to the rightful owners. This historical fiction follows 3 interwoven stories and one particular brooch. #pirateslife
#photoadaynov16 #planestrainsautomobiles I really enjoyed each of these reads, so I'm happy to highlight them! Aviator's Wife is strong historical fiction, featuring the courtship & marriage of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Love and Treasure is a fascinating historical fiction surrounding the 1945 Hungarian Gold Train. Dodgers is a modern coming of age novel involving LA gang members, sent on a road trip to kill a witness in an upcoming trial.
