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Donderdagskind (2011)

by Alison Pick(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

9022959821 (ISBN13: 9789022959824)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

A.W. Bruna Uitgevers

review 1: So many modern day readers say they can't read another book about the holocaust - hasn't it all been said? But this book moved me immensely. I didn't know much about the Czech Jews or the kinder transport. The interspersed messages to "you" were intriguing. I loved the ending....how the story of a life comes out of a list of names and their dates of death. Beautifully written. A loving tribute. Thank you Alison Pick.
review 2: Poignant, crisply written, and frightening, this story about a secular Jewish family and their governess, Marta, in Czechoslovakia at the beginning of WWII is a gem of a novel. Far to Go is not a thriller, but it is told in such a way that makes it difficult to put down. Having read the summary of the plot and knowing that the family woul... mored be split apart with Pepik, the 6-year old beloved and only son, being sent to England on a Kindertransport, I couldn't help but hope for a more positive outcome. But the book sticks to reality and everyone knows about the fate of millions of Jews and the betrayal of so many by those they trusted and believed were friends. Far to Go is a powerful and sensitive novel. less

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