A Bit Bookish

The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What an absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking book. Set in Berlin in 1941, it is a time that could be called humanity's darkest hour. Evil is found at every turn and yet even in the midst of it we also see that love is never ending. Hoffman takes us on an astonishing journey of loss and resistance within both the fantastical and the mortal. Pay special attention to the further reading list in the back of the book. She has some excellent recommendations. It was also good to find out about the organization Facing History and Ourselves, which is dedicated to the education and remembrance of the Holocaust and all genocides with the hope of confronting hate in the future. If you go to Alice Hoffman.com there is a Message to my Readers concerning this book. Read it. Read the book. And then tell others to do so.


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