historical fiction
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum is told alternatingly from WWII Germany and 1997 Minnesota. It is the story of Anna and her daughter Trudy--their situation during the war and their life several decades later as Trudy tries to figure out the story of her past.
I read this for book club. Thankfully, the second half was better than the first half and I ended up enjoying the story. But, I wasn’t so sure when both Anna and Trudy were so cold and unlikeable. Frankly, I always hesitate to read a book set during WWII. I just know it’s going to be depressing and I prefer to not be depressed. This met my expectations. Depressing, check. “Good” persisting despite being surrounded by “evil”, check. Survival despite near desolation, check. Troubled relationships, check. Death, check. To this one, you can add the moral of how not facing the truth of your past can prevent you from enjoying your future.
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