All That Lingers

All that Lingers is a superb epic family drama reaching from post WW1 Austria, over to post WW2 New York and back again. It's hard hitting, accurately depicted in terms of language, culture and history, and provides an unflinching look at the role of Austria in the war. The characters are real, beli......more

Hold on to your hat as you take off on a wonderful roller-coaster ride of emotions on the Irene Wittig express. You will fall in love with the characters right off the bat and will have trouble putting the book down. The story covers a long stretch of time masterfully weaving in the history of the t......more

Set in WWII Vienna, All That Lingers brings to light yet another perspective of the perils of a world at war. Before WWII finds it way to beautiful Vienna, Emma and her friends celebrated life and were planning their futures. But as war and reality invades, things begin to fall apart, lives are lost......more

This book left much to be desired. Character development was lacking, introducing too many characters at once with little detail. We jumped right in with little backstory. There was little explanation of Austria's involvement in WWII and the people within. I felt as though I needed to feel the WHY o......more

She wanted to protect them, but was their protection dependent on her wish? Emma is a beautiful girl who had a wonderful life and the faith in the bright future with her fiance and theit expected child. She had had the quite life full of happy moments before the rise of Nazism in Austria, when everyt......more