What a life Pino Lella! What a life!

That one man can have endured so much, achieved so much and yet also be such an unknown boggles the mind. The book was part biography, part fiction because even with extensive research there were many unanswered questions about this horrendous time in Italy's history. I knew little about Italy's WWII story and found this story to be eye opening. The book took me a long time to read. It was one that I found myself having to put down and walk away from because of all the atrocities, heartache and tragic events in Pino's life. Knowing that these things happened made it harder to read at times. The book would have earned 5 stars for Pino's "story" but the writing style fell a bit flat for me at times. Thankfully, Pino's life experiences spoke loudly over the writing. His story would definitely merit 5 stars!