This is a love story set in the horrific days of World War II. It is very sad. It displays the brutal realities of war...the ability to destroy lives not only physically, but emotionally as well. The ending does give hope to the human spirit and power of love. A good read. It will touch your heart.

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In Resistance, Anita Shreve takes us into a world of war. Claire is a member of the Resistance, a group of people dedicated to fighting the war from their kitchens and attics by funneling the injured and endangered to safety in France.

When a bomber crashes in a field near her village, Claire risks her life to care for the pilot. All seems to be going well, and the pilot will soon be headed to the next safe haven - but when someone rashly murders three German guards, all bets are off. The questions of who can be trusted, who might be working for the other side, and who will live or die are as common as taking a breath.

Resistance is the story of love against all odds, a tale of survival in the direst of circumstances, and doing what has to be done, no matter the cost.

I read this book in one sitting - I didn't want to put it down. My only complaint is that it didn't last longer!

Liked it

I really liked this book. If you have read other Anita Shreve's novels you will probably like this one as well. It is very realistic fiction set during WW2 Belgian. I found it to be a little slow and boring in parts where she was describing all the pilots issues and all the technical stuff about the airplane. It certainlly isn't a boring love story though. If you like books about the concentration camps you will like this one because it touches on that at the end. On a scale of 1- 10; 10 being the best I'd give it an 8.

it was a simple story, could have been more indepth, but thought provoking none the less.

Anita Shreve writes wonderful love stories and this is another example of her work! This novel is set in WWII Belgium - it is the love story of a resistance worker's wife and a wounded American bomber.

Slow reading but interesting love story.

Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. If you enjoyed The Weight of Water and The Pilot's Wife you'll enjoy this too.

The tale of impossible love-told with the same narrative grace and keen eye for human emotion that have distinguished all of Anita Shreve's beloved bestellers-leads us into a harrowing world where forbidden passions have catastrophic consequences. (publisher)

From Publishers Weekly
As in her earlier novels, Shreve (Eden Close) affectingly explores themes of love and loss with piercing clarity, once again capturing the fragile emotions of those in pain. Here, however, she moves from her customary domestic, contemporary milieu to WWII Europe?to the Belgian village of Delahaut, where young Claire Daussois and her husband, Henri, are members of an underground resistance movement. When a British plane goes down outside the town in December 1943, the plucky 10-year-old Jean Benoit finds a survivor, Ted Brice, hides him in his father's barn and then summons the aid of Mme. Daussois. As she has done with other refugees, Claire shelters the 22-year-old captain in her attic. When it becomes necessary for Henri to go into hiding, Claire and Ted embark on a brief affair, a passionate liaison made more poignant by its simultaneous inevitability and futility. With deceptive simplicity and superb control, Shreve evokes the impersonal horrors of wartime and its heartbreaking personal tragedies?often combining those elements to almost overwhelming effect, as when Jean witnesses the execution of several townspeople as reprisal for their resistance activities.

THis book is an amazing story of love and bravery. It is set in Belgium during WWII and tells of the courage of the resistance. anita Shreve writes another winner.

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