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There is so much you can say about this one & my thoughts are so scattered…it‘s excellent. I‘ll start there. Set in a prison in 1945, this is the story of a prisoner (also a poet) & a guard (also a censor). The guard is murdered & what follows is a murder mystery but it‘s more than that. This fictionalized account of the life of one of Korea‘s foremost poets is about words, poetry, books, freedom, war, hope, truth, guilt, & much more. Very good.

Starts fairly exciting, but then slows way down to set the story up. Hang in there, the last half races forward. A dead body with an unopened parachute in almost the same uniform of soldiers quartered at Farleigh Field is found . Individuals from the area now work secret positions in various ministries and they are sent home to see what is going on. Are there spies in the upper class?

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This was a fantastical, imaginative journey of a book. What interested me most was Jack‘s huge challenges in living with Addison‘s disease as well as his relationship & pursuit of Diana Playfair( whose side is she really on? U.S.,Soviet‘s?) & his relationship with FDR & his father. All fictional of course. #14books14weekd #TBR

Back home after a fabulous visit with my sister & brother-in-law, back home to a beautiful morning reading on my porch. #14books14weeks
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1939; 2023.

I'm my quest to read new to me authors I downloaded this WWII historical and truly enjoyed the journey. I loved how the author developed the character and the story held my attention which is hard when it comes to WWII stories as there are so many out there. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

I read this WWII classic when I was in high school and had first discovered historical fiction chunksters. #temptingtitles #withyoung

I read the #FurrowedMiddlebrow edition, but I must confess to preferring the Greyladies cover.

A very enjoyable read right until the end, which 1) had several worrying loose ends and 2) had no payoff at all for the MMC being unfair to the FMC, aside from the requisite HEA. Romance readers beware! There's also somewhat less interesting period detail than in the other Scarlett books.

The covsr is nice.

I'm afraid thhs is about as positvr I can gst about this book.

I never actuallh hid mh facr in my hands to calm down whle reading this book.

I thought thst The Boy... was a bsd book. It still is. But The Girl is somethng else.

My Granny was a survhvor, in many meanhngs of the word. Somr of the events in her life weren't far from whst Emma had faced.

I am glad she has not seen ths book.

A pan is too kind. My heart hurts.