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This past week I received the following Advance reviews copies from the publishers via NetGalley.
Grove Atlantic
Pub Date Sep 2 2014
Description:
From a remarkable new talent in Irish fiction comes a terrifyingly intimate story of a war marriage caught up in the calamity of World War II, a much anticipated debut which has garnered prepublication praise from Colm Toibin, Hugo Hamilton, A.D. Miller, and Chris Cleave.
In a desperate bid to escape the trenches of the Eastern front, Peter Faber, an ordinary German soldier, marries Katharina Spinell, a woman he has never met, in a marriage of convenience that promises ‘honeymoon’ leave for him and a pension for her should he die in the war. With ten days’ leave secured, Peter visits his new wife in Berlin and both are surprised by the passion that develops between them.
When Peter returns to the horror of the front, it is only the dream of Katharina that sustains him as he approaches Stalingrad. Back in Berlin, Katharina, goaded on by her desperate and delusional parents, ruthlessly works her way into Nazi high society, wedding herself, her young husband, and her unborn child to the regime. But when the tide of war turns and Berlin falls, Peter and Katharina find their simple dream of family cast in tragic light and increasingly hard to hold on to.
Reminiscent of Bernard Schlink’s The Reader, this is an unforgettable novel of marriage, ambition, and the brutality of war, which heralds the arrival of a breathtaking new voice in international fiction.
HarperCollins UK, Avon
Pub Date Aug 28 2014
Description:
A captivating story of two young women, bound together by the tragedy of two very different wars. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Maureen Lee.
With the end of the First World War, Rose is looking forward to welcoming home her beloved husband, Alfie, from the battlefields. But his return is not what Rose had expected. Traumatised by what he has seen, the Alfie who comes home is a different man to the one Rose married. As he struggles to cope with life in peacetime, Rose wrestles with temptation as the man she fell in love with seems lost forever.
Many years later, Jess returns from her final tour of Afghanistan. Haunted by nightmares from her time at the front, her longed-for homecoming is a disaster and she wonders if her life will ever be the same again. Can comfort come through her great-grandmother Rose’s diaries?
For Jess and Rose, the realities of war have terrible consequences. Can the Poppy Factory, set up to help injured soldiers, rescue them both from the heartache of war?
Very nice, enjoy reading those books, I can't wait to see your comments!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a nice selection of Historical Fiction. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThese both sound good - The Undertaking has one gorgeous cover, too. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThe Undertaking caught my eye from this list
ReplyDeleteThe Undertaking sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteBoth of these look really interesting but I think I'm most intrigued by The Poppy Factory. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteEveryone seems to have The Poppy Factory except me. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a good week.
Sorry for a late-week reply. Hope you had good week.
Elizabeth
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