Best thing about this book was the art it mentioned and since I read it on my iPad I was about to quickly search for paintings and artists. The story is weak a poor country-girl (Catholic) marries her Jewish art-dealer employer in the 1920s in Munich. She is then swept up in the war and becomes involved in the Nazi purging of "degenerant art." Although the book was mildly interestingly enough for me to finish it, there were parts of the plot that were just to good to be believable. If Nicholas Sparks were to write a history of Nazi Germany, this would be it. However, the treatment of modern (aka. "Degenerate") art under Hitler and how some tried to save it was interesting. It prompted me to look up works by Paul Klee and Gustav Klimt and order a couple of prints. The frame story with Lauren and Isabella was dry and uninteresting. The author tried to imbue it mystery and tension and failed. Hanna's story was much more compelling.
Decent read; pre-WW2 story and during WW2
—TCataldo1125
Really enjoyed this book.
—DEZZIDEZZ
4 stars by MVM.
—jessvela
