pickThe depravity of the Nazis and frankly, in this book also the Poles who enabled them, still shocks. Would that we had advanced as humans. Never forget.
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pickThe depravity of the Nazis and frankly, in this book also the Poles who enabled them, still shocks. Would that we had advanced as humans. Never forget.
pickI love these kinds of stories. They can be a little dark (it has tragedy in the subtitle afterall) but the details are so good that it feels like a novel while you're reading it but with the added weight of realizing all the tremendous events actually happened.
WHAT A SENTENCE:
“Margaret had formerly expressed her disapproval and concern at her granddaughter being married too young, but as the Queen of Scots was approaching her fourteenth birthday—generally considered to be a more acceptable age for consummation—there is no evidence that she was unhappy at the king‘s decision to send his daughter north at this time.“
(That's the granddaughter in the image, roughly 13 at the time of the portrait.)
In today's installment of the adventures of Margaret Beaufort, her son becomes king and she promptly has herself declared “femme sole“ and later takes a vow of chastity and sets up her own household, all while still being married to her fourth husband. She also starts signing her name “Margaret R,“ which supposedly stands for “Richmond“ but could be interpreted as “Regina.“
Halfway through this biography of Margaret Beaufort, she is 29 years old and has just married her fourth husband. Granted, she was seven at her first wedding, so it's taken her longer to get to husband number four than it seems like it should have.
pickThis has been my nonfiction chapter-a-day read for March and it was SO good. A review by @Cinfhen turned me onto this one, which focuses on an aspect of the Holocaust I hadn't particularly read about before - Jews who escaped and survived in the woods of eastern Poland. Frankel weaves together the stories of several people from the region, discussing the hardships and horrors they suffered under both the Russians and the Germans. Despite the
pickI don't know why I love reading about the Holocaust and all aspects of WWII rather in Europe or Asia, but I do. This book was so good. I rooted for the Rabinowitz family. I cried. I cheered. I hoped. This was so well written and researched.
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This is breaking my heart and I have only made it to chapter 9💔
pickI am honored to have been given the opportunity to review this harrowing yet beautiful story of the Rabinowitz Family who endured and preserved the Nazi onslaught and proved that resilience, determination, bravery,smarts and luck were enough to change their destiny. I have read many Holocaust stories and this one by RebeccaFrankel is truly amongst the best.👇🏼
This book is breaking my heart 💔It was about 18 months ago when I had the honor of walking into this forest and honoring the memory of those innocent brave souls who entered the forest & either persevered or perished simply for being Jewish. This might be one of the best accounts of the Holocaust I‘ve read. Audio is wonderful but I‘m going to buy the physical copy.
#ARC #NetGalley Publishes tomorrow 9/7/21 🎉🎉🎉
