I'm not sure why, but the World War II genre fascinates me. It is a time period of horrific events, but also one of inspiring and remarkable stories. One of my favorite books, The Hiding Place written by Corrie ten Boom, is one of those stories. It is the true story of Corrie and her sister and their courageous efforts to hide the Jews from the Nazis. It is one of those books that I just couldn't put down and it contains so many true examples of love, forgiveness, and courage. Here is a few lines from the book:
"All through the short afternoon they kept coming, the people who counted themselves Father's friends (Jews). Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to Father did it seem that they were all alike. That was Father's secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn't know they were there."
"Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings. It's something we make inside ourselves."
If you have any favorite books centered around WWII , please leave me a comment so that I can read it too!
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I absolutely loved "Miriam's Kitchen," which is a remembrance of time spent in a labor camp. The women talked about food as a way of forming community. And Miriam passed her stories down to her daughter-in-law, I think, who then wrote the book. To this day, I wipe every bit of egg white from a shell when I crack an egg, because I remember reading in this book about not wasting even a teeny bit of food after so much deprivation ....
Hey Stacey-
I too love the era surrounding WWII. I have had so many good reads set in that time!
My favorite book from that era is by Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning". It has taught me a lot about happiness and how much power is in our mind/perception...
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