Resistance (Different Cover)

by Anita Shreve | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0349107289 Global Overview for this book
Registered by jillbe of Dorchester, Dorset United Kingdom on 8/25/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by jillbe from Dorchester, Dorset United Kingdom on Saturday, August 25, 2007
Brought specifically for bookcrossing. From the back of the book:0)

As the wife of a Resistance member in German-occupied Belgium, Claire Dussois has grown used to hiding strange men in her attic. But the B-17 bomber that crash-lands outside the village of Delahaut contains the man who will be both the last and the most significant of her temporary residents.

Ted Brice is found seminconscious by ten-year-old Jean Benoit, who realises that Claire is the American pilot's only hope of survival. The month that follows is one that will stay with them both for the rest of their lives. A few weeks only, a handful of days, it is a period in which the war recedes in the face of more powerful forces - before imposing itself once more with shocking suddenness.....

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Sending onto RubyBlueLady, 2nd Anniversary Bookcrossing RABCK, enjoy:0)

Journal Entry 3 by RubyBlueLady from Avebury, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thanks for this jillbe :-)

Journal Entry 4 by RubyBlueLady from Avebury, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Resistance Resistance by Anita Shreve


My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I like Anita Shreve books, but didn't relish the prospect of reading this one because of it being set during the Second World War in Germany occupied France. I've seen countless films and documentaries about the Resistance, it was obviously a deeply scary, brutal time, when many many people lost their lives and, typically, books set in this period of time reflect that.

This one did, it doesn't make for a happy or 'feel good' read, and didn't teach me anything new about this period in history. I don't know why Shreve bothered writing it really, its outcome is predictable, the whole thing has been done before.


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