You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Time to nominate books for December!!! Jenny has selected Charmian's suggestion of BOOKS BASED ON REAL EVENTS for our theme. Feel free to suggest themes for her future selections in the ongoing Theme thread here in the Nominations folder. Jenny will pick from them each month and surprise us with her choices.

Please provide all of the following in a comment below:

-The title
-The author
-Brief description of the book

IF YOU DON'T PROVIDE ALL OF THE ABOVE YOUR NOMINATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

**If you nominate a book it is assumed that you are willing to lead the discussion, which is easy and painless - we promise!**

One nomination per person please. Thank you!

You have a week to nominate. Nominations will be accepted through midnight ET, Sunday 24th of October.

I would like to nominate 'Guernica' by Dave Boling.

Set against the backdrop of the town of Guernica in the time of its destruction by the Luftwaffe on the eve of the second world war. Guernica is a tale of the Navarro and Ansotegui families, brought together by love and torn apart by war. Miguel Navarro flees his fishing village to make a new start in Guernica, once there, he meets and marries the dancer Miren Ansotegui. Their happiness is short lived however, when the town is bombed and Miguel is forced to rebuild his life. This book also features the subject of our current monthly read, Picasso and makes reference to his painting, 'The bombing of Guernica'.

Ah - that sounds interesting!

I agree!

Any other suggestions???

"Ah - that sounds interesting!"

It does, Indeed!

I'd like to nominate The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy

In the last months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, two children are left by their father and stepmother to find safety in a dense forest. Because their real names will reveal their Jewishness, they are renamed "Hansel" and "Gretel." They wander in the woods until they are taken in by Magda, an eccentric and stubborn old woman called "witch" by the nearby villagers. Magda is determined to save them, even as a German officer arrives in the village with his own plans for the children.

Combining classic themes of fairy tales and war literature, this haunting novel of journey and survival, of redemption and memory, powerfully depicts how war is experienced by families and especially by children, and tells a resonant, riveting story.

Hmmm - another great suggestion. I am intrigued by the fairy tale angle - quite creepy.

Love the sound of Hansel and grettel!