I haven't read this but have another copy to read so this one is available.

This book is going into indygo88's Best of BC bookbox.

Removed from indygo88's Bookbox.

Thanks!

Just finished this book today. Really enjoyed the book- a fascinating look into the lives of the French who lived in Occupied France. I didn't know the backstory of the author until I read the appendix. Her story was almost more interesting than her writing. Definitely recommend...

Reserved for my Trade PB VBB.

Sending to flewry as part of the Trade Paperback VBB.

Enjoy!

Arrived safe and sound. Thanks so much, jnpert! You've run a great VBB - I have very much enjoyed all three rounds, and I've heard great things about this book.

Very glad I read this. It definitely felt unfinished, but the author's talent is remarkable -- due to the scope and insight into the situation, it is hard to believe that this was a contemporary account.

Part 1 was by far my favorite, although not as polished as part 2. It just kind of ends; most of the characters' storylines are not really completed. In reading the appendices with Nemirovsky's notes, it would seem that the characters were intended to resurface in a later part which was never written. But it was so fascinating that I could barely put the book down. The characters are rich and multi-faceted, and I enjoyed reading about a historical event that I knew practically nothing about.

Part 2 was a little duller for me, but the story certainly wraps up better.

Overall I would definitely recommend this.

Now traveling in my Fiction and Literature bookbox.

Made a brief stop at my home...heading out in the fiction/literature bookbox.

I read this book a few years ago: like others here, it's where I learned about the experience of occupied France in WWII. Horrible, let's hope times like those never return.

Took out from the shrinking bookbox.