She ended up getting raped and beaten, pregnant with a disgusting man’s child, but she still loved her husband nonetheless. She did everything necessary to keep her house and child safe till her husband returned. Vianne another role model in this book went out of her way to save seventeen (17) Jewish children, risking her life and her daughter’s life even when a dangerous and wicked NAZI lived with them. She was the perfect person to be in Sophie’s live when the war just started, making her know the right from wrong, because if her mother Vianne had raised her alone, it might not have been so great. I did not like the fact that she tried to rely on her beauty, but it saved her till the very end. She was rebellious and said everything that came to her, even before thinking about it. Isabelle was the nightingale, in her own way she saved all the air-men’s that came to her.
The author tried in concealing who was telling the story, and in the last chapter of this book, chapter 39, I cried from the beginning to the end.
For a family with little or no savings, they starve, others are separated by death or sickness the women try to get through the day promising themselves the front would hold, their husband’s would be back soon. With life changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Vianne and Isabelle were faced with frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions.ĭuring war time, after the government have taken the men, both old and young to the front, the women are left alone with their children to fend for themselves. I was so glad this book stayed clear of the male roles, it made me discover that in war, it’s not just about what the fathers, husbands, brothers and sons do or sacrifice but also, what the women do in their absence to keep the home and country running till they got back. This book is about the World War II that happened in Paris, talking about two sisters Isabelle and Vianne, the parts they played in the war. In this book, there’s a part Kristin said “men always assume war is about them.” There are love stories in this book, but that’s not really what the book is about.
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