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Rosie's War (2011)

by Rosemary Say(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

review 1: For some reason I am always fascinated by how ordinary people cope in the extrodinary conditions of war. This is a quick read and for that reason its easy to assume that the whole thing is a jolly hockey sticks escapade but that I think is the deceptive effect of the light tone. The story moves from a semi-normal life albeit in a country at war. She then witnesses the German entry into Paris, is interned as an enemy alien and eventully escapes and makes her way through Vichy France to the south and eventually on to Spain and back to Britain. One of the aspects that shines out in this is the selfless support of various French people who put themselves at extreme risk to help both her and other "enemy aliens".
review 2: I LOVED this book. Rosie's memoirs are qui... morete naive, and she seemed to be oblivious of much of the worst suffering that was going on around her while she was in the camps. She comes across as an incredibly upbeat and positive person, indeed even when she must have been near starving, and freezing in the camp at Besanҫon, she still notes how she liked to exercise and play tennis and other games to keep busy. Rosemary is an extremely likeable character, and although, she was by no means one of the worst off during the war, indeed she landed on her feet a lot, she faces adversity with amazing spirit and even after all was said and done, seems to consider her experiences, just something she went through, and not consider herself to be all that special. less

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