The Women in the Castle
By Jessica Shattuck
Another WWII novel. This novel follows the lives of the wives and children of German Nazi resisters. Their husbands were all killed because they were involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler, which failed, and they were hung.
Marianne, one of the wives, pledged to her husband to take care of the widows and children of the men. She finds two of these women, and during the rest of the war, they live in an old family castle, surviving the best they can.
Once the war is over, the women move on, for various reasons, remarrying, dying, leaving Germany. At the end, the two remaining women reunite at the castle, which has been restored and is now an academic meeting place for scholars from around the world.
Children and grandchildren are discussed, and all these years later, secrets are revealed.
Rating: 4/5
Recommendation: Yes. An interesting read about WWII, about the German side of the story and those who did not believe in Hitler or the Nazis.
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