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A Picture of Hope (Heroines of WWII)
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Beautiful WWII story with characters that leapt off the pages. This was my first time reading a book by this author and I thought it was the best novel I've read this year. It certainly deserves more than five stars. The story was very well researched and it was so realistic that I was totally drawn in from the first page. Very entertaining and unpredictable which is the way a war story should be. At times it was an emotional read and I found my self on the edge of my seat a time or two. Very well written book with a good ending. I will be wanting to read more novels by this author.
This is Jean Paul and Nellie's story. The year is 1944 and the story takes place in France. The Germans have taken over the country and Jean Paul Breslau is part of the French Resistance group. Nellie Wilkerson is an American photojournalist for the Chicago Tribune. She has been sent to London to cover the war there. Because she is a woman she isn't allowed to go to the areas of fighting . She decided to sneak aboard a hospital ship posing as a nurse hoping to see some action and get photos to send back to her newspaper in Chicago.
Jean Paul and Nellie get together and while trying to find the American soldiers they get deeper into German occupied France. They find a young girl with Down syndrome hidden in a hedge and they rescue her and care for her. If the Germans had found the child they would have killed her because the girl, Claire , was not perfect or normal. Jean Paul and Nellie are determined to find a safe place for Claire where the German Nazi soldiers won't find her. Will they be able to avoid the German soldiers that seem to be everywhere? What risks will they have to face to get Claire to a safe hiding place?
I highly recommend this book to readers of World War Two Fiction and to Fans of the Author. It's the first book of Heroines of WWII series. The book is scheduled to be released on October the First of this year.
I received a complimentary arc of this book from the Author and Publisher through NetGalley. A favorable review was not requested. All opinions expressed here are my own.
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This is Jean Paul and Nellie's story. The year is 1944 and the story takes place in France. The Germans have taken over the country and Jean Paul Breslau is part of the French Resistance group. Nellie Wilkerson is an American photojournalist for the Chicago Tribune. She has been sent to London to cover the war there. Because she is a woman she isn't allowed to go to the areas of fighting . She decided to sneak aboard a hospital ship posing as a nurse hoping to see some action and get photos to send back to her newspaper in Chicago.
Jean Paul and Nellie get together and while trying to find the American soldiers they get deeper into German occupied France. They find a young girl with Down syndrome hidden in a hedge and they rescue her and care for her. If the Germans had found the child they would have killed her because the girl, Claire , was not perfect or normal. Jean Paul and Nellie are determined to find a safe place for Claire where the German Nazi soldiers won't find her. Will they be able to avoid the German soldiers that seem to be everywhere? What risks will they have to face to get Claire to a safe hiding place?
I highly recommend this book to readers of World War Two Fiction and to Fans of the Author. It's the first book of Heroines of WWII series. The book is scheduled to be released on October the First of this year.
I received a complimentary arc of this book from the Author and Publisher through NetGalley. A favorable review was not requested. All opinions expressed here are my own.
#APictureofHope#NetGalley
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Sep 11, 2021 07:09AM
I hope that this one is as good as it sounds! :)
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It is Yvonne. I'm loving it. Liz Tolsma is a new to me writer. I found this book on NetGalley and even though I'm swamped and slightly behind in my reading I knew I had to make the time to read it. I'm so glad I did.
I really can't afford to request any more Galley reads until I have caught up with my backlog of reviews a bit. I am so far behind you wouldn't believe! :)
It takes a great deal of willpower to stop myself from requesting everything I see on NetGalley. So many great books on there. When I seen this one I knew I had to read it. I just made time for it. I have my own books that I like to read too.
Shirley wrote: "It takes a great deal of willpower to stop myself from requesting everything I see on NetGalley. So many great books on there. When I seen this one I knew I had to read it. I just made time for it...."I have shelves and shelves full of my own physical books all over the house, but I am never going to live long enough to read even a small percentage of them! I hate getting rid of books before I have read them, but I am going to start getting together a small bag at a time to keep in the car, so that if we come across a small community library, I can donate them.
Over here, we have a growing trend for old red telephone boxes to be turned into community libraries, where you can take a book so long as you leave one in its place for someone else to read. They are really well supported and surprisingly, seldom vandalised, which is usually because the person who lives in the house next to the phone box, keeps a watchful eye on it!!
Yvonne (Fiction Books) wrote: "Shirley wrote: "It takes a great deal of willpower to stop myself from requesting everything I see on NetGalley. So many great books on there. When I seen this one I knew I had to read it. I just m..."Sounds really nice Yvonne. Are you from overseas? I have family in England. My Dad came from England. I love the red phone booth for a community library. Sounds so unique. I'm like you. I have a large physical library and a big fat kindle cloud. But no! I want to read pre-released books.
I'm joining the club ladies! I swore I wasn't going to request any more books until I'd read some on my own bookshelves. Did I stick to it? Did I hell and now I'm overwhelmed again! I'll never learn.
Teresa wrote: "I'm joining the club ladies! I swore I wasn't going to request any more books until I'd read some on my own bookshelves. Did I stick to it? Did I hell and now I'm overwhelmed again! I'll never learn."I know that's right but it's a good kind of being overwhelmed. Im thinking if i read every other book from my shelf I will make some progress at making some gain on my want to read shelf.
I can't wait until I can read this book Soon I'll be able to read this book Reason I have a Personal Matter going on so hopefully SOON
Great review, Shirley. Thanks to you I got it from NetGalley and just started it. I have so many to read but decided on this one because I love the World war 2 books.
Jean wrote: "Great review, Shirley. Thanks to you I got it from NetGalley and just started it. I have so many to read but decided on this one because I love the World war 2 books."
I think it’s my favorite book for this year. I hope you like it as much as I did!
Yvonne it’s like I was there with the characters.
