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I enjoy reading novels set during WWII, especially ones about an aspect of the war/period about which I was previously unaware. Everybody knows about the horrible deportation of Jews by Hitler, but I was completely clueless about Stalin's deportation of millions of people from the Baltics and Finland.
The story is narrated by Lina, a Lithuanian teenager who, along with her mother and 10-year-old brother, are awakened by Soviet soldiers, given minutes to pack, and taken to a train station. Packed ...more
The story is narrated by Lina, a Lithuanian teenager who, along with her mother and 10-year-old brother, are awakened by Soviet soldiers, given minutes to pack, and taken to a train station. Packed ...more
The ending was somewhat abrupt.
Excellent details and description about a time that we don't really learn about in American schools. This is an excellent alternative to Holocaust fiction, still set during WWII, but from a completely different oppressed population.
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I recommend this book as it tells part of WWII that is often overlooked. We focus so much on the Holocaust, which is obviously horrendous and unfathomable, but this looks at similar conditions of camps in Stalinist Russia.
Sep 01, 2011
Jayme Pendergraft
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