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Girl from the Train
Girl from the Train | Irma Joubert
Six-year-old Gretl Schmidt is on a train bound for Aushwitz. Jakob Kowalski is planting a bomb on the tracks. As World War II draws to a close, Jakob fights with the Polish resistance against the crushing forces of Germany and Russia. They intend to destroy a German troop transport, but Gretl s unscheduled train reaches the bomb first. Gretl is the only survivor. Though spared from the concentration camp, the orphaned German Jew finds herself lost in a country hostile to her people. When Jakob discovers her, guilt and fatherly compassion prompt him to take her in. For three years, the young man and little girl form a bond over the secrets they must hide from his Catholic family. But she can t stay with him forever. Jakob sends Gretl to South Africa, where German war orphans are promised bright futures with adoptive Protestant families so long as Gretl s Jewish roots, Catholic education, and connections to communist Poland are never discovered. Separated by continents, politics, religion, language, and years, Jakob and Gretl will likely never see each other again. But the events they have both survived and their belief that the human spirit can triumph over the ravages of war have formed a bond of love that no circumstances can overcome."
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Princess-Kingofkings
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I really want a variety of books in my Little Free Library so I was pleased to find two that I had already read. The Michigan Chillers book was borrowed by my 12 year old as soon as I got home.

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Foragingfantasy
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I really loved this book! ❤️

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arattyreads
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I was so so so excited to read this one. It sounded really intriguing and had 100% review. To be honest I couldn‘t get into it and I found it a little bit boring until the last quarter🤷🏼‍♀️

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Rachbb3
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Sooooo good!!! A beautiful story. Six year old Gretel Schmidt narrowly escapes from a train bound for Auschwitz. Jacob finds her and their story from there kept me making excuses to get away to listen. (Audiobook)
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JazzFeathers That's a great premise :) 8y
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VeryLazyDaisy

I accidentally grabbed another work of fiction set during World War II. I seem to have a thing for nazi-lit. I liked the cover and title, and knew nothin of the setting when I picked it. I love when great books find me with little effort on my part.

Suet624 Me too! 8y
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bookdrunkard78
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Yet another #bookhaul this time from #goodwill

Libby1 Yeah! Two of my favourite series: Series of Unfortunate Events and Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency! Enjoy. 8y
mcipher Love Laurie Notaro, she is so funny! 8y
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LitHousewife
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There's an #Audies2017 category for those who looking for faith-based fiction. Based on the finalists I want to point out that these awards are for those published between approximately October 2015 and September 2016. The actual books could have been published earlier. In some cases much earlier.

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DeniseKF
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A woman at work raved about this book on Friday and then it was a kindle deal yesterday. Guess it's a sign that I need to read it!

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DebinHawaii
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Day12 #readjanuary #girlinthetitle Here's just a sampling of my "Girl" in the title books. The top three I read and reviewed and the bottom three are recent TBR book adds from my Kindle.

RealLifeReading I'm listening to Lab Girl now and really enjoying it 8y
DebinHawaii @RealLifeReading I have heard great things and I am excited to read it. 📚👍 8y
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eoanthoughts
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There were elements of this story that I really, really liked. The characters were great. The dialogue was wonderfully real. There were important, quotable moments...

Rating would have been higher, but it's such a shame the English translation is not better. I wish I could read Afrikaans, because I feel like there would be much more dimension to the narrative in the original language. I just feel the translation did a poor credit to it.

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KateFulfordAuthor @eoanthoughts perhaps you could consider my debut? Reviews are saying: “I loved this book more than I initially thought I would. Fulford infuses her characters with intense personalities that are prone to clashing with those of others. I loved Eve from the very beginning..." It‘s been nominated for The People's Book Prize 2018 too!

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Nicilovesbooks

Cannot wait to start this book. I'm so excited for it!

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Qemorio
Girl from the Train | Irma Joubert
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Here's a look at our bookclub selections at Garden District Bookshop for today's photo challenge entry. #somethingforsept @RealLifeReading

RealLifeReading Great picks! 8y
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Eastbriar
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Grabbing a latte and macaron while I start on this one. Really enjoying the story so far.

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