£16.99 (ebook £8.54).
THIS is retired English teacher Renata Calverley’s account of her extraordinary survival of the Second World War as a very young child.
We meet Calverley in 1939, leading a happy and innocent childhood in Poland with her Jewish mother and grandmother, while her father is away in Europe fighting with the Polish army.
However, as the Nazi occupation tightens its grip, Calverley’s life becomes a nightmare.
Calverley’s decision to write in the first person through the eyes of a child serves to magnify the horror of her experiences, but unfortunately also sometimes makes the reader question the veracity of the dialogue and intricate details that she recounts.
Nonetheless, it is a fascinating story that will keep the reader gripped.
7/10
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