The War Girls, V.S Alexander
The War Girls, V.S Alexander
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The War Girls

Author: V.S Alexander

Narrator: Kelli Tager

Unabridged: 16 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2022


Synopsis

It's not just a thousand miles that separates Hanna Majewski from her younger sister, Stefa. There is another gulf—between the traditional Jewish ways that Hanna chose to leave behind in Warsaw, and her new, independent life in London. But as autumn of 1940 draws near, Germany begins a savage aerial bombing campaign in England, killing and displacing tens of thousands. Hanna, who narrowly escapes death, is recruited as a spy in an undercover operation that sends her back to her war-torn homeland.

In Hanna's absence, her parents, sister, and brother have been driven from their comfortable apartment into the Warsaw Ghetto. Sealed off from the rest of the city, the Ghetto becomes a prison for nearly half a million Jews, struggling to survive amid starvation, disease, and the constant threat of deportation to Treblinka. Once a pretty and level-headed teenager, Stefa is now committed to the Jewish resistance. Together, she, Hanna, and Janka, a family friend living on the Aryan side of the city, form a trio called The War Girls. Against overwhelming odds and through heartbreak they will fight to rescue their loved ones, finding courage through sisterhood to keep hope alive . . .

About V.S Alexander

V. S. Alexander is an acclaimed historical fiction author whose novels include The Taster, The Irishman's Daughter, The Magdalen Girls, and The War Girls. An ardent student of history with a strong interest in music and the visual arts, some of his writing influences include Shirley Jackson, Oscar Wilde, Daphne du Maurier, or any work by the exquisite Bronte sisters. He lives in South Florida.


Reviews

The War Girls by V. S. Alexander was a very emotional and sobering novel about life in Warsaw, Poland just before the Nazi invasion and during it. It took place between September 1939 and May 1946. It portrayed three very brave, strong and courageous women that became known as The War Girls. In a ve......more

Goodreads review by Sue on August 15, 2022

I have read a lot of World War II fiction but nothing I've read has made me feel the despair of the characters who lived through the Blitz in London and the Warsaw Ghetto like this book. It was so well written that I felt like I was part of history instead of just reading about it. I cried with the......more

Goodreads review by linda hole on June 28, 2022

This book Tore my heart to pieces......more