Fascinating account of (fictional) ordinary lives during WWII. Mostly centered around Jewish women's lives, covers the range from a resistance fighter in France trying to find her way through the violence to a preteen in New York facing anti-semitism and abuse but too young to understand the causes. Each character is deeply individual with no sterotypes, and has unexpected strengths and weaknesses.

this is the best book Marge Piercey has written in her long history.
her charachters are so lifelike and the way she brings it all together at the end is amazing. this author has been around a very long time and she just gets better

The book started out a little slow but once I got past the first part of the introduction of characters, I loved the book.

A truly compelling of ten people on the home fronts of Europe & America during WWII that is rich in both detail and drama.

real insight to the common people during war time

It was Excellent.

Panoramix... this is a sweeping epic

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I was totally caught up in this story. It gave me views into living through WWII that are not usually represented elsewhere. I believed all of the characters. It's a long book, with a lot of characters to remember, but after a while you start to wonder what's happening to someone you haven't heard from in a while. I recommend this book, but I can't repost my copy because I gave it to a friend.

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"Piercy follows the lives of ten ordinary people - six women and four men - as they move through the dizzying atmosphere of the world's wartime capitals: the impulsive couplings and bittersweet partings, the stultifying deprivations and the once-in-a-lifetime chances. Most of all, she shows how World War II became a crucible, where unformed young people were hardened into men and women, charged with saving civilization as no generation had before or has since." (from back cover)

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