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This story is an excellent telling of how life was like in Poland during WWII. I like how the author intwerwove exerpts from the diary into the story. It is a history lesson, but done in such a way you don't feel like you have been reading history. I loaned it to a friend who then looked up the physician who went with the children and read his biography after reading The Zookeepers Wife. Excellent. I listened to the audio of this book and it was excellent.
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
crabby McCrabberton, January 8, 2012
This story is an excellent telling of how life was like in Poland during WWII. I like how the author intwerwove exerpts from the diary into the story. It is a history lesson, but done in such a way you don't feel like you have been reading history. I loaned it to a friend who then looked up the physician who went with the children and read his biography after reading The Zookeepers Wife. Excellent. I listened to the audio of this book and it was excellent.The Passage by Justin Cronin
crabby McCrabberton, January 2, 2011
Excellent sci-fi novel that will keep you turning pages and then has an unusual twist at the end. Highly recommend reading this novel.