She begins to recount a tale, harkening back to her harrowing past in Nazi-occupied Poland, of the bond she shared with her childhood friend Karolina.

Yet Lena's narrative contained dialogue and other characteristics of flashbacks that made it more engaging, and lent it dramatic power. On the second floor of a vintage walk-up on Chicago’s near north side, a broad-shouldered man in a Derry rugby shirt unwrapped a sandwich and opened the Chicago Tribune to the sports page. I travelled with my wife and two children (10 and 12) and we had a fabuous time, the apartment had everything we needed, and was the perfect location for us to enjoy 10 days in Dubrovnik :) .Catherine and Liam come to her defense stating she is not mentally impaired, and her narrative is well structured, organized, and details.

If this had been purely fictional I would have worried more about the lackluster writing and "telling vs showing" style that I really do not enjoy. Fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, Martha Hall Kelly’s The Lilac Girls, and Peter Golden's Wherever There is Light, will delight. The modern day story, though I do like the husband and wife team as characters is not as strongly written.Lena Woodward, elegant and poised, has lived a comfortable life among Chicago Society since she immigrated to the US at the end of World War II. The demands of his legal practice have taken Ron into courts all across the United States and Canada, and for deposition testimony all across Europe and Asia. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. He did an excellent job in staying true to the historical facts of those years of the Holocaust and what Lena, the main character and survivor, had to go through. Just when you think there could not be anything new to ferret out from World War II comes a spellbinding new novel by the bestselling author of Once We Were Brothers and Saving Sophie.

At the beginning, we're presented with Cat, a lawyer, Liam, her husband who does inspections,, and Lena, an 89-year woman. I set a very high bar of expectations for an author I like, and sometimes end up being his or her harshest critic. A lot of readers might consider some of it a little too detailed; some, rehashed historical narrative that has been told time and time again.

The washing machine works well and because it is so hot outside your clothes will dry quickly on the cloths rack which is provided with the apartment. If you want to read a very interesting non-fiction account of a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz, I highly highly recommend Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz. Normally, I would be very critical of a novel whose structure was so expository because it usually lacks immediacy. Karolina's Twins is involving right from the start, it reads quickly, and fans of historical fiction are sure to enjoy it. This was a Goodreads' giveaway and I feel very lucky to have been chosen to read this novel because it was so good.