Kristin Hannah's wartime novel follows two French sisters whose choices under German occupation pull them in opposite directions.
Set across the years of the Second World War, the story stays with the civilian side of occupation, the households, the rationing and the risks taken quietly, rather than the battlefield. The 464-page paperback carries both sisters' arcs in full, moving between their separate responses to the same occupation.
What this book does well:
• Kristin Hannah's Second World War novel in a 464-page paperback
• Two sisters' contrasting responses to occupied France
• A civilian perspective on wartime rather than a military one
• Marked for adult readers
Recommended for historical fiction readers and book clubs, published by Pan and stocked at Boipoka.