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Sep 05, 2017DorisWaggoner rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
After having just finished a family saga where I couldn't keep people straight, I copied the family chart onto my bookmark. That and the chapter headings with dates and places helped to keep track of what was going on with everybody over the near decade covered. Each person is clearly delineated, and each one changes over the course of the book. Given the actual statistics of how few Jews from Radom survived the war, this might seem a Pollyanna tale in the end, in spite of the suffering in the middle. Except that it was based on Hunter's years of research into her own family, and acknowledged those who didn't make it through. Each reader will have their favorite characters; by the end, mine were Felicia and Addy. When chapters end with someone being dragged off by the SS, shots ringing out, or someone acknowledging a pregnancy at the most inopportune time, the author is in control of her pacing. I hope Hunter finds another subject that engages her as much as this one clearly did.