This one has been talked about nearly everywhere and for good reason. Has anyone been able to put their finger on the reason why stories set in Europe during WWII are so fascinating? They are my absolute favorite!returnreturnThis book starts in 2013 in the US. Who it starts with is a mystery - but we do know that she is an elderly woman moving into an assisted living facility and she is remembering life in France as the Nazis took over the country.returnreturnThe flashbacks involve two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle. These are two very different women that played important and secretive roles during the Nazi occupation. The author drew a beautiful and heartbreaking picture - I could picture myself in the garden with Vianne, trying to feed my family on the little food that I could grow. I was walking down the streets of Paris with Isabelle, dodging the Nazi officers and fighting for the people of France. returnreturnThis was a tragic story - I was sobbing in several places - and while fiction, I can't help believe that much of the tragedy actually happened to people during that time period. I hugged my babies a little closer and remembered not to take them for granted.