The Orphan's Tale
By Pam Jenoff
This book sounded like a good read, but in reality it was chic lit written at about a grade 8 reading level, almost like a young adult novel. Though the novel was based in part on the true story of a German circus during WWII that helped save Jews, this was only a small part of the novel. The main part was an unlikely tale of two young women who meet in the circus. One of the young women has rescued a Jewish baby from a rail car full of babies, awaiting their death at a concentration camp. She ends up saved by the circus and becomes a trapeze artist. Highly unlikely.
The book had promise, but did not fulfill.
Rating: 2/5
Recommendation: No.
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