I went to create the December/year end post and discovered that I forgot to do a November post. Oops!
Only one book in November - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter, a true story about a Jewish family from Poland. Over 90% of Europe’s Jews were killed during WWII, but Lucky Ones chronicles the stories of the Kurc family who survived - parents Sol and Nechuma, their five children, Genek, Mila, Addy, Halina, their partners and Mila's young daughter, Felicia. I loved getting to know each one and what they had to do, where they had to go to survive and reunite - from Paris jazz clubs to Poland's ghettos, a Siberian gulag, and Rio de Janeiro.
Only one book in December as well - A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell. This is the true story of American Virginia Hall who fiercely fought for France's independence via espionage and sabotage. It was a tough read - long and like listening to a Netflix documentary (albeit a good one), but I really wanted to know more about the woman who defied convention and the patriarchy (as well as a disability - she was an amputee) to become the most highly decorated female civilian of WWII.
Year in Review
I read/listened to 30 books in 2022 and here are my top 10:
- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
- The Last Think He Told Me by Laura Dave
- Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
- Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge
- The Good House by Ann Leary
- The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
- Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer
- One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
- Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson
