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Hey guys, I have another review for you today, this time it's a short by Pam Jenoff.
I found some shorts on Amazon for free, I do like having some short stories on my Kindle for when I want to read something before bed, but not get sucked too into the book that you realise it's 5am and you're half way through a 700 paged book.
The Other Girl is based in Poland in the 1940's.
Maria our main character ends up marrying a guy she's not completely in love with, purely to get away from her father who she has discovered has been ratting out their neighbours, those neighbours are protecting the Jews from the German's. With her husband off at war, she stays with her in laws. One night she finds a girl, a young Jewish girl who has ran away from her home. Maria risks all to protect this girl, finding out secrets about her own family along the way.
Just when this book got interesting, it ended.
I would understand it if this was a teaser for a full book, but this was it. It does say it's Historical Companion Novella to her next book The Winter Guest, but as far as I can see it's just the History and Location of where the books are set that are the same, the characters are not.
It was one of those moments when you get that frustrated you want to throw your book - only you don't because that would be book abuse.
It was a good start of a story, but left so many questions unanswered.
You can get it free still on the Kindle, here.
I got a lovely notification on Twitter the other day, the author herself favourited and retweeted this review.
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