On June 13, 2018 Donna hosted at her lovely home.
We had a delicious chicken wrapped in pastry and healthy salad
followed by a dreamy coconut concoction.
We first discussed our book and only 2 had not read it.
Yes another world war 2 novel but all enjoyed it.
Our novelist did major research and only at the end do we
realize that this was based on a true story.
There are 3 main characters. Carolyine Ferriday an ex
Broadway star , New York socialite and charity worker, Kasia Kuzmerick,
a Polish teenager and Herta Oberheuseer, an ambitious German
doctor. The story is told through these 3 women and goes back and forth
and initially shows no connection but eventually it all
comes together. Most of us learned about Ravensbruck where many
inhumane experiments were done by the Nazis and we learned
about the Polish women called rabbits because they hopped
due to the inflicted wounds. We all had a hard time reading
the narrative from the point of view of the German doctor who
inflicted these women. Though the doctor returned to practice after
the Nuremburg trials , we were happy that she finally lost
her license to practice medicine after Caroline's efforts to bring
about justice.
It was a moving and memorable debut novel.
Kathy chose "The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin for our
next read and a tentative date of July 18th was set.
