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A Fine Woman (2000)

by David George Richards(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: A rather short story, actually two in one. 1944, A German Countess whose father works in Berlin as a close aide to Adolph Hitler. Her home is next to a death camp. She finds four escaped children and is able to get them into France, to the underground and to safety. She is protected from the German SS due to her fathers position, and protected from the French by her smuggling information from her fathers office to them.The second story 1948, an American Captain searching for the Countess, in a convent because he believes her to be there. After relating his story, he tells the mother superior that he is in love with the Countess, she tells him that she is dead.Beaten to death by Jews because she was German. Even though she smuggled Jewish Children out of Germany to England... more, and then smuggles Jewish people from Cypress to Israel.Is she dead? Will he find her alive? You won't know unilt you read the book.
review 2: I very much enjoyed reading this historical novella about a well-connected German countess who risks her life to save jews from the holocaust. It is told over two time lines - the first narrator is an american soldier who has fallen in love with the countess, and takes place a few years after the events; the second time line occurs during World War II. The story is exciting and gripping, with likeable believable characters. At times I was on the edge of my seat reading this. less

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