Sunday, July 2, 2023

Seven books about life under occupation in WWII

Bryn Turnbull is the internationally bestselling author of The Woman Before Wallis and The Last Grand Duchess. With a master of letters in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews, a master of professional communication from Toronto Metropolitan University and a bachelor's degree in English literature from McGill University, Turnbull focuses on finding stories of women lost within the cracks of the historical record.

Her new novel is The Paris Deception.

[My Book, The Movie: The Paris Deception; The Page 69 Test: The Paris Deception; Q&A with Bryn Turnbull]

At Lit Hub Turnbull tagged seven books that explore the stories of ordinary people living through the extraordinary time of the Second Word War. One title on the list:
Jennifer Robson, Our Darkest Night (Italy)

In Our Darkest Night, Jennifer Robson explores the fate of a young Jewish woman—Nina—as she strives to live in fascist Italy. Posing as the Christian wife to a young Italian farmer, Nina endures the day to day struggle to survive undetected by local Nazi authorities.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue