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Clara's War

Clara's War

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Authors: Clara Kramer, Stephen Glantz
Publisher: Ebury Press
Category: Book

List Price: £16.99
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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 reviews
Sales Rank: 86814

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.4 x 1.5

ISBN: 0091924405
EAN: 9780091924409
ASIN: 0091924405

Publication Date: April 3, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new book dispatched from stock in the UK

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A heart wrenching account of one girls second world war struggle   April 4, 2008
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I started this book on the bus on the way to work and nearly missed my stop as I was so engrossed! Having said that I was so touched and taken aback by what I was reading that I had to put it down for a few hours to have a bit of an emotional rest!! I finished it last night and I really think that's its incredible. Its so beautifully written, in particular I loved the description, this part - "Their lives had been reduced to what could be held in their suitcases. Their faces were blank. They dared not look at the uniformed soldiers with the death's head on their collars who seemed to be everywhere." really stood out to me. The depth of description gives the book such a richness.

It feels like a rollercoaster when you're reading, you really feel like you're living with them in that hell hole of a bunker and celebrating their good fortunes and literally holding your breath when the SS are above them. I started the book preparing to hate Beck but I think that he's almost the most humanised character in the whole book.

This is a really fantastic book and I can not recommend it highly enough, its going to be an important read for my generation to keep the horrors of the war in our consciousness.