City of women

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389 pages

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2013 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-241-96223-7
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OCLC Number:
808492441

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4 stars (1 review)

Whom do you trust, whom do you love, and who can be saved? At the height of World War II, Berlin has become a city of women. Sigrid Schröder, the model German soldier's wife, goes to work every day, does her best with her rations, cares for her meddling mother-in-law, and ignores the horrors of the regime. But behind this façade Sigrid dreams of her lover, lost in the chaos of war. Her lover is a Jew. And Sigrid is not the only one with secrets.

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reviewed City of women by David R. Gillham

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4 stars

War is hell. And this book does a great job showing how that hell manifests itself on a city block in Berlin in the middle of WWII. There were times I struggled to fill in the gaps that Gillham left (in fairness, the gaps were deliberate) -- but that ultimately reinforced the feeling that in times of war, little is certain, motives are suspect, and people aren't necessarily predictable or rational.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • History

Places

  • Germany
  • Berlin
  • Berlin (Germany)