Book Blurb:
Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna Emmerich, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats. There is her lover, Callum Finella, a twenty-year-old Scottish prisoner of war who was brought from the stalag to her family’s farm as forced labor. And there is a twenty-six-year-old Wehrmacht corporal, who the pair know as Manfred–who is, in reality, Uri Singer, a Jew from Germany who managed to escape a train bound for Auschwitz.
As they work their way west, they encounter a countryside ravaged by war. Their flight will test both Anna’s and Callum’s love, as well as their friendship with Manfred–assuming any of them even survive.
My Review: 5 stars
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Quotes I liked:
She didn’t care so much whether the world would ever forgive her people; but she did hope that someday, somehow, she would be able to forgive herself.”
First of all, Chris Bohjalian is one of my favorite authors, and Skeletons at the Feast, in my opinion, is one of his best. I give it 5 stars, too.
Marilyn B.
Marilyn B, Good news! Chris Bohjalian has a new book called The Sandcastle Girls coming out in the summer! He used to hint at writing a sequel to Skeletons At The Feast, wonder if it’s still in the works…