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Oh I really loved this emotional, heart-breaking audiobook. I couldn‘t stop listening to it! With two narrators sections dealing with past & present, the book opens with Rosie, 17, orphaned & pregnant, on her way to what she thought was a home for mothers but is instead a hospital with a much darker mission. Helen, a nanny in Austria for a family with a disabled child is among the first to see the truth of the Nazi regime. Keep the tissues handy!

If you haven‘t read this book yet, you MUST get it in paperback.

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God this story was heartbreaking and beautiful!!! All of Susan Meissner‘s historical fiction novels are amazing and this is right up at the top. I won‘t give too much away, but I will say that it deals with eugenics around the time of WWII, including in America which I hadn‘t really read about before, as well as what makes a family. Just so much loss and hope and tenderness! Ahhh I loved it! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Meissner never disappoints and this might be my favorite of hers! So beautifully and hauntingly told… this is a book that will stay with me for some time to come!

First book of 2024! This book took me a few weeks to read but only because I am, unfortunately, easily distracted. However, I finished the whole second half of this book in the last 24 hours. At first I was going to give it 4.5 stars but by the ending I'm giving it 5. Susan Meissner never disappoints!
Topics in this book:
-Synthesia
-Eugenics
-Adoption
-WW2

Endearing, insightful and fascinating. A rare glimpse into the mind and life of a savant from childhood to adulthood. Told by the author in a chronological fashion with a matter of fact honesty and a child like delight as he learns master the many normal things we take for granted (being in public spaces) and his incredible trip to the US and Iceland for the making of the Brainman documentary.

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Our January book club pick…we meet early this month, so I needed to get a jump on it!

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Thought I‘d read outside but I‘m too distracted by this perfect weather!

I read this book as part of a bookclub I belong to. I feel it was a perfect pick for our club. The story touched on so many different topics, some I knew little about. One is these topics is eugenics. Another is synesthesia. I liked the main characters, Rosie and Helen. This isn‘t the first book I‘ve read by this author, and it won‘t be the last. I recommend this book, especially to those who love historical fiction, like me!