I did find the whole story of the orphan train itself, fascinating and engaging.
This rich adventure novel has memorable characters and an epic story.
Alternative history stories telling about the Nazis taking over the world are not uncommon, the possibilities are obviously horrifying and the author does not shy away from this motif.
I truly enjoyed Ms. Mantel’s writing, it is sharp, distinct and lively. The portrayal of the characters is excellent and they all come to life in her hands
An Air Force pilot, in Nevada, pushing the boundaries of air-craft technology in the space program, is happy to have their first daughter after years of trying
The storytelling is not fast, but not crawling either, a pace I would imagine Texas moves to and always has been. The author captures the time of the country abided by its own unwritten laws, enforced by rough quite men.
This is not an uplifting book, but it is a very interesting story and about a young boy, in his formative years living in the Warsaw Ghetto
The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army by Glen Craney is a historical fiction book telling the long forgotten story of the Bonus Army of World War I.
The novel explores the Holocaust from an original point of view and does not shy from addressing issues which are easy to gloss over
The strength of the book is the written descriptions of the way immigrants had to live in Paris during World War II and what it took to survive, or even eat once a day. The descriptions of the harsh life of immigrants, especially Jewish immigrants, during that time are heartbreaking and show how easily a boy could turn assassin.