EmilyA Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 OH bought me this book by Caroline Moorehead for Christmas. It is about women in the French resistance, mostly in Paris and around Bordeaux who were captured, imprisoned and eventually shipped off to a concentration camp. There were 230 women and girls to start with, but the majority of them died (especially the younger and the older women); the 49 survivors supported each other all the way through until they were eventually liberated and returned to France. The author managed to track down the surviving women and interviewed three of them. It is a harrowing read, but an extraordinary account of friendship under the most extreme conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariège Author Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Really looking forward to reading this - have had it on my wish-list for a while and will be buying it in the New Year. Good to know you thought it worth while although I can imagine parts of it will be hard to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I must look out for A Train in Winter.You may like to read this book as well on a similar theme.Amazon.com: Resistance: A Frenchwoman's Journal of the War ... Amazon.com: Resistance: A Frenchwoman's Journal of the War ( 9781596915596): Agnes Humbert, Barbara Mellor: Books.I am sure I have mentioned this book before but can't find the post now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariège Author Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Thanks, Cendrillon - looks really interesting. Have added it to a growing list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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