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Summary: One of Piercy's Finest Tales
Review: This book is a sweeping history of World War II, told from the perspective of several different characters, all but one Jewish. We see the war from many views, from the inside of a concentration camp, through a journal, letters and firsthand accounts. Each character (and there are 10 total) gives something new and interesting to the overall story and the history is built from memory and perspective rather than from a lecture or a history book.Piercy brings you into the minds and hearts of each person as you live inside of their world, chapter by chapter. It's incredibly well written and entertaining as well as providing a lot of important history
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Summary: One of her best
Review: This book never really leaves you. The copy I read was passed on to me from a friend...there was no cover, the pages were loosened and all was held together with a large rubber band. That was evidence of how many times it had changed hands. I read it and passed it on. It may still be circulating somewhere. I now own a signed first of this book. The book is set in WWII and is expansively told from the point of view of different characters...both those on the homefront and those on the front line. From time to time, their lives intertwine, although not always directly. If you love historical fiction, WWII, or simply a page burning novel, you will love this book. Read it...caress it...pass it on...and, if you happen across the one with the rubber band, handle it lovingly.
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Summary: Fabulous Reading
Review: This is a truly great book. It is the first Marge Piercy book I've read, and I enjoyed it/learned from it/was sad that it had to end. The kind of book during which you welcome insomnia so that you have an excuse to read it in the middle of the night. I particularly liked the interweaving of the lives of the characters. I'm not a historian, so I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the book (which seemed to frustrate other reviewers), but I did not read the book to learn about WWII history, and I believe I got a pretty good sense of the period of history from the book.
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