Lilac Girls: A Novel (Woolsey-Ferriday)

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There were many powerful moments in the book. Which one in specific touched you the most? Explain why. For readers of The Nightingale and Sarah's Key, inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this remarkable debut novel reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love, freedom, and second chances.

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Starred Review. Extremely moving and memorable ... This impressive debut should appeal strongly to historical fiction readers and to book clubs that adored Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See." - Library Journal

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This is the kind of book I wish I had the courage to write—a profound, unsettling, and thoroughly captivating look at sisterhood through the dark lens of the Holocaust. Lilac Girls is the best book I’ve read all year. It will haunt you.” —Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet COVER DESIGN – 5 STARS – I absolutely loved the cover. The photo catches your eye and right away, one new the era of the book.

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This is the kind of book I wish I had the courage to write—a profound, unsettling, and thoroughly captivating look at sisterhood through the dark lens of the Holocaust. Lilac Girls is the best book I've read all year. It will haunt you." - Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Members are free to create author threads by surname if th Join us for a year of member-run group reads to make 2015 the year of reading women! Inspired by true events, just like its predecessor, andjust as well-researched, Lost Rosesisa remarkable story and another testament to female strength.This sweeping epic will thrill and delight fansof Lilac Girlsand readers of historical fiction alike.” —PopSugar She is one of three protagonists in Martha Hall Kelly's World War II historical fiction novel, Lilac Girls.

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How did you feel about the book being written in the first person by three different characters. Did it work for you? The timeframe is the prelude to the outbreak of the Second World War and what the Germans and their local auxiliaries did to resistors and “racially inferiors” during the war. Nearly all of the main characters are female, from both sides of the Atlantic as well as both sides of the conflict.