The Welsh Girl (Paperback)

from GraceZ

Such a well-written book. Unfortunately, it took me forever to read it, because I was lazy and busy and those sorts of things. But I finally sat down and read the last third in one evening and it was so good! I actually enjoyed it all along but once I really got into it, it was pretty consuming.

from kewing

Three characters: a German Jew who escaped prior to the War, serves in British Intelligence and interviews Rudolph Hess; a German soldier captured during D-Day, imprisoned in rural Wales and coming to grips with his surrender; and a young Welsh woman raped by a British sapper--whose intertwined l...

from karieh

It took me over a month to read "The Welsh Girl" - and I'm not sure why. I know I am in the minority in my lukewarm reception of this book (please see "Long-listed for Man Booker Prize"). It's certainly not as if the characters were not well drawn, the time and place carefully crafted, the story ...

from laytonwoman3rd

This story is all about the big issues of courage, loyalty, honor, freedom, identity-- and the Welsh hills in World War II are a perfect setting for exploring them. Not only is the enigmatic Rudolph Hess being held in isolation somewhere out there by the British (was he on a secret mission, or di...

from SWilley

I grew up listening to my Welsh mother telling me stories about her farm during WWII. Her family had POW's working on their farms. The Welsh Girl follows that theme. I thought it was a good read, but a bit heavy going at times, it was not what I would call a "page turner". To me the crux of the b...