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The Viennese Girl
The Viennese Girl | Jenny Lecoat
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In June 1940, the horror-struck inhabitants of Jersey watch as the German army unopposed takes possession of their island. Now only a short way from the English coast, the Germans plan their invasion. Hedy Bercu, a young Jewish girl from Vienna who fled to the isolation and safety of Jersey two years earlier to escape the Nazis, finds herself once more trapped, but this time with no way of escape. Hiding her racial status, Hedy is employed by the German authorities and secretly embarks on small acts of resistance. But most dangerously of all, she falls in love with German lieutenant Kurt Neumann -- a relationship on which her life will soon depend. A remarkable novel of finding hope and love when all seems at its darkest.
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The Viennese Girl | Jenny Lecoat
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I found the first 2/3 of the story slow but as it was based on true people & events I pressed on. The last 1/3 of the book I found most exciting & dramatic & I thoroughly loved reading this part of the book, easily feeling drawn in & lost in the story.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. I researched the island Jersey & it's map to get a better picture of the location of the story & it has now become one of my bucket list travel destinations!

Kimberlone There‘s a British miniseries about the Channel Islands during world war 2 called Island at War. If you liked this book you might enjoy the series... 4y
Curiouser_and_curiouser @Kimberlone oh cool! What a great suggestion, thank you, I'll have a look for it! 4y
Curiouser_and_curiouser @Kimberlone I've found them on YouTube. Just watched the first one. Very upsetting for the Island but interesting to learn about. I look forward to watching them all. Thanks again for suggesting this miniseries 😊 4y
Kimberlone @Curiouser_and_curiouser awesome it‘s been years since I watched it but I remember being super surprised to learn about this aspect of WWII that I had no idea about! This book also explores the experience of German occupation on the Channel Islands 4y
Curiouser_and_curiouser @Kimberlone cool, thanks! Looks like it's on my tbr list. Now that I know it may move higher up! I love stories on history and learning about true events. 4y
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At 44 books read this year, I'm aiming for another 6 more to reach 50 total for 2020. With work being so slow to start back up again, I think I just might make it.
I'm already about 20% into this one so my main aim is to finish some books I've begun this year already & tidy up my unfinished bookstack, ready for 2021!
I've got a few to carry over as well as some big ones like Gone with the Wind & Pillars of the Earth, to add to my new 2021 TBR.

MrsMalaprop Good luck 🍀. I am reading book number 46 and am aiming for 52. Not sure I‘ll quite make it, but I‘ll do my darndest. 4y
Curiouser_and_curiouser @MrsMalaprop and best of luck to you! To reach my goal I might pop a short audiobook on whilst I'm cooking or washing dishes and that should count as 1. I did that today infact. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar it was. We are tricky little Littens sometimes..... 😉 4y
MrsMalaprop 👏👏📚📚💪🏼💪🏼 4y
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