Toby's Room (Pat Barker)

Toby died in the trenches of World War I. Toby’s room is about the memories and reflections on a deceased soldier. Yet, some truths are concealed for a reason.

https://rookreading.com/2020/05/28/tobys-room-pat-barker/

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The Music Shop (Rachel Joyce)

A different kind of love story with a haunting past about a music shop owner and a mysterious lady in a green coat.

https://rookreading.com/2020/05/28/the-music-shop-rachel-joyce/

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Sarah's Key (Tatiana de Rosnay)

In this two part intertwined novel a young girl protects her brother from a French raid in World War II. Sixty years later a journalist investigates these roundups finding secrets from 1942.

https://rookreading.com/2020/05/26/sarahs-key-tatiana-de-rosnay/

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Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)

Set in World War II this novel tells the story of the Geisha, women who entertain men with talks, dancing, and singing. It also tells the story of a poor girl growing-up out of poverty and surviving in a man’s world.

https://rookreading.com/2020/05/25/memoirs-of-a-geisha-arthur-golden/

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)

Set in the Spanish Civil War this novel is about boredom and fatigue in war, the endless waiting for action and death. The loneliness and loss of idealism are mingled survival by camaraderie.

https://rookreading.com/2020/05/20/for-whom-the-bell-tolls-ernest-hemingway/

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