A "found" book from somewhere, which I am registering it for BookCrossing.

Mary Doria Russell has enchanted me with several of her books. When I started this, I was hoping to be enchanted. I actually put it aside for a bit, because it wasn't hitting the mark for me. But then, a few days later, the characters kept calling me, so I picked it up again, and was swept into a view of WWII of which I was embarrassingly ignorant. This was a beautifully written story of the plight of those Jews in Italy, either by birth or immigration/escape, and of the patriots who fought against the Nazis. Stories of love, hope , separation, horror, redemption, loss, all interwoven. This book taught me as well as captured me. Not an easy read, but an enlightening one.

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