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The Things We Cannot Say: A WWII Historical Fiction Novel

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In the 1938-1945 storyline, we have Alina, the youngest of four, who lives on the farm with her twin brothers and their hardworking parents in Poland. When Alice's husband cooks dinner for the family, all she can do is seethe over having to clean the kitchen afterwards. Both stories completely captivated me seemingly disconnected, but as more pieces were added to the puzzle things started to become more clearer.

The Things We Cannot Say: Original – HarperCollins

I was wrecked, gutted, and burning with indignation over the well-orchestrated and demonic cruelty perpetrated by the Nazis as a whole and at the individual level. It’s just bad timing to read this book because I didn’t want to read more WWII books but my hold for the audio was up and had no other audiobooks to listen to. One of the stories is in modern day America told by Alice and the other told by Alina (her beloved grandmother), taking place in America and her past inside occupied Poland during WW11.I mightily attempted to damp down my expectations going into this one, as just look at those overall ratings—4.

The Things We Cannot Say : A WWII Historical Fiction Novel The Things We Cannot Say : A WWII Historical Fiction Novel

She can’t speak but is able to communicate with a communication tool that Alice’s son Eddie uses, an app on an iPad. Eddie's means of communication becomes a way for Hannah to communicate her wishes with Alice and soon, Alice knows that Hannah has something very important for her to do. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading. Alina is a Polish farm girl who falls in love with a promising young medical student just as Germany invades Poland and begins what would become five years of brutal rule. It’s an important story as all Holocaust stories are because it’s focus is on the importance of remembering the things that happened, the importance of sharing those stories.Readers find out what eventually happens to Alina and Tomasz as Alice meets the Polish family and unravels Alina’s most closely guarded secrets. But, if you feel like you have overdone “women in WWII” fiction books, you may want to put this one on the back burner for a while so it feels fresh when you try it.

Review: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer Book Review: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

Alice in the recent story, which alternates with Alina ‘s, has challenges of her own - a marriage that doesn’t seem to be working, a seven year old son on the autism spectrum, a precocious ten year old daughter, a mother who hasn’t approved of Alice’s life choices and a very sick grandmother whom she loves dearly. It’s a story of war, yes, but it is also a story of love, hope, strength, courage and how two women, in two very different times, come into their own.Alice’s grandmother after suffering a stroke is asking Alice to go to her birthplace in Poland and find some people from her past.

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