We Were the Lucky Ones

from tamarack804

I would like to thank Net Galley for my copy of We Were The Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter. This is her first novel and it was outstanding. A holocaust novel unlike any other, takes one Jewish family separated with the split of Poland by the Germans and Soviets. The story tells of each members hard...

from Darcia

I'm not sure where to start in summing up my feelings on this book. My emotions ran the gamut as I read. I felt like a used up, wet dishrag afterward; too soppy to move, too emotionally spent to speak. This book is powerful, aching heartbreak wrapped up in hope and love, and tied together with be...

from danhibbert

What an amazing story, and the way it has been written from an actual history of the author's family comes through loud and clear - i don't think you could invent some of the events the author recounts, life is stranger than fiction! So inspired by the resilience and grace displayed by this famil...

from clp412

This book took me on an emotional rollercoaster with the Kurc family. I held my breath at times listening to the book, and I even got the library copy to continue to read at home in the evenings since I couldn't stop thinking about it out of the car! I laughed and I cried with this family. This i...

from susan0316

This is a wonderful historical fiction novel based on the true story of the author's family. As with all books about the Holocaust, it's difficult to read in parts but these are facts in our history that we don't want to forget if we don't want them to happen again. It's the story of the Kurc fam...