Mary Louise Wells

During WWII, Josef, a famer with a large family, is forced to work for the German Reich. Ashamed of his new position, he turns away from his Jewish neighbors as they are humiliated and removed from town. His eldest daughter Margarete is forced to grow up fast as one by one her brothers are conscripted into the military. As the war draws to a close, the family is stuck in Soviet occupied Germany, where they are chased from their home, beaten, raped, and left destitute.

The book alternated between Josef and Margarete's points of view. At the beginning of the book, Margerete was a young child and her point of view did not contribute much to the book. I wish one of her brother's was featured instead of, or in addition to her. The plot moved a bit slowly. Overall, 3 out of 5 stars.… (plus d'informations)