Carol F. (cactusflowerwomen) reviewed on 4/17/2012 + 628 more book reviews

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This is a great fictionialized book about the Holocaust along the line of "The Diary of Anne Frank". It centers on a young German girl during the Holocaust who finds a book at the grave of her brother, and steals it, thus beginning her life of book stealing. It's about words, and how powerful they can be to change people's lives for the good and bad. Narrated by "death" in the 3rd person, it's about 3 love stories, over 4 generations of the lives of ordinary people. Tho it is brutally tragic, it is also uplifting. This book has received numerous awards and will probably become a classic.

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