Great book. Touching, haunting, and lovely all at the same time. It's a book about a Jewish village that chooses to hide from the world during the Holocaust and then the consequences that follow. There are contrasting themes of life and death, hope and despair, love and hate, action and inaction,...
While this author made some very brave & possibly foolhardy decisions in this story treatment of the Holocaust, the depth of writing did not match the depth of the premise. I did not actually "get it" until I read another review. I found myself saying "Oh, that's what the author was trying to d...
It's all about the story. This book has some questionable plot points and characters, but getting wrapped up in the rainy world of that little village by the river and beyond was very engaging. It was outrageous at times, but some of that looniness (aunt Kayla, sleepy Igor) fits with the insanity...