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The author writes very well and weaves a darn good tale. There is Marie, a single month whose only redeeming characteristic seems to be her ability to speak French like a native. She struggles as she trains with other women working with the SOE to aid the resistance and the Allies of WWII.
Eleanor Trigg is a loner who leads the group, recruiting and supervising training because she believes that women can do a better job than the men who are often discovered when they reach France. Of twelve missing woman only Marie survives and she is the pivotal character of the novel.
I was puzzled by Grace Healey who discovers a suitcase, opens it and removes photographs from it. First, why would she take something from it? Second, I know few people who would become so interested in a group of photographs that they go to the lengths that Grace does to discover who the women are.
One of the reasons I read historical fiction is to understand people who lived in another time and place. Part of that experience for me is a discussion by the author about why he/she chose the topic and how it evolved. I felt that this author was all too brief with that explanation. How can the reader decide whether or not to pursue the topic in more depth based on such bevity? Nevertheless, this is a well written fiction story so read the book with that in mind.
Eleanor Trigg is a loner who leads the group, recruiting and supervising training because she believes that women can do a better job than the men who are often discovered when they reach France. Of twelve missing woman only Marie survives and she is the pivotal character of the novel.
I was puzzled by Grace Healey who discovers a suitcase, opens it and removes photographs from it. First, why would she take something from it? Second, I know few people who would become so interested in a group of photographs that they go to the lengths that Grace does to discover who the women are.
One of the reasons I read historical fiction is to understand people who lived in another time and place. Part of that experience for me is a discussion by the author about why he/she chose the topic and how it evolved. I felt that this author was all too brief with that explanation. How can the reader decide whether or not to pursue the topic in more depth based on such bevity? Nevertheless, this is a well written fiction story so read the book with that in mind.
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