New York socialite Caroline Ferriday is busy with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline's world is forever changed when Hitler's army invades Poland in September 1939-and then sets its sights on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. For the ambitious young German doctor, Herta Oberheuser, an ad for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. The lives of these three women collide when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbr3ck, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. Their stories cross continents-from New York to Paris, Germany, and Poland-as Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten.
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Lilac Girls is an absolute pleasure to read- I couldn't put it down. It is a story about World War II told from the perspective of three women: a philanthropist in New York City who works with the French; a young girl in Poland who gets sent to Ravensbruck, a concentration camp for women; and a doctor who wants success as a female surgeon in a male-dominated world. This novel is heart-wrenching and unforgettable! I wept both tears of sadness and tears of joy along with these three women as they went through their struggles and triumphs. It is one of the best books I have read in a long time! - Danielle (QBD)
Guest, 28/03/2017
