Maybe I've just not been in the mood for anything overly heavy lately, as books about WW-II Europe generally knock the wind right out of me and leave me feeling a mixture of macabre fascination and dumbfounded despair at the cruelties endured during that time. Although World War II is one of my favorite topics to explore in literature, it had been a little while since I'd read a book about it. White Rose, Black Forest was my Kindle First selection for February 2018. Her choices place Franka in danger as the Gestapo quickly become a larger threat, which pushes the book to a breakneck pace as it heads toward the conclusion. While I wasn’t always happy with the dialogue (at times, it felt a bit stilted), the characters stayed true to their basic motivations.Īs stated above, this historical fiction book turns into a thriller. For instance, we are told a used parachute blowing in the wind is “…licking at the snow like a thirsty animal.” The life-threatening description of the bombing of a German city thrusts readers into the action, and it is hard not to be fearful of what may happen to the people exposed to the possibility of instantaneous death. Dempsey offers descriptive passages at the same time, presenting interesting pictures with his use of words. Even though her life has led her to her current predicament, everything is still not black and white, and Franka wrestles at times with what she should do. The author allows her to speak the thoughts that must have been hidden by many German citizens in 1944. While we do learn of some of the motivations of the American John Lynch, it is through Franka’s eyes that readers are swept into a country consumed by conflicting emotions. The story is told through the eyes of several characters, although Franka is the main focus. Although Franka understands the danger that could come from her actions, she continues to do what she feels is right. Author Eoin Dempsey presents Franka Gerber with a dilemma right from the beginning, then continues to turn up the heat as the story progresses. “White Rose, Black Forest” is billed as a historical fiction, but it has all the makings of a thriller. Hunted by the Gestapo, can they trust each other enough to join forces on a mission that could change the face of the war and their own lives forever?. Their tenuous bond becomes as inseparable as it is dangerous. But when it turns out that he is not who he seems, Franka begins a race against time to unravel the mystery of the airman’s true identity. Unwilling to let him die, Franka takes him to her family’s isolated cabin despite her hatred for the regime he represents. That is, until she discovers an unconscious airman lying in the snow wearing a Luftwaffe uniform, his parachute flapping in the wind. Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking away both her father and her brother and leaving her with no reason to live. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family’s summer cottage was filled with laughter. Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking a In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers.ĭecember 1943.
In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers.
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