Is 'City of Women' a new book release or...?
City of Women?
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Looks like there was a Fellini movie with that title that came out in 1980 but the book City of Women by David Gillham that caught Steve's attention was published this year.
...now City of Elle MacPherson I could definitely put on my travel agenda, with a one way ticket...
I think one of the reasons Steve had been mentioning it recently was because we did go to Berlin for our last day in Europe and the book takes place there.
Here's the Amazon plot synopsis:
It is 1943—the height of the Second World War. With the men away at the front, Berlin has become a city of women.
On the surface, Sigrid Schröder is the model German soldier’s wife: She goes to work every day, does as much with her rations as she can, and dutifully cares for her meddling mother-in-law, all the while ignoring the horrific immoralities of the regime.
But behind this façade is an entirely different Sigrid, a woman of passion who dreams of her former Jewish lover, now lost in the chaos of the war. But Sigrid is not the only one with secrets—she soon finds herself caught between what is right and what is wrong, and what falls somewhere in the shadows between the two . . .
Here's the Amazon plot synopsis:
It is 1943—the height of the Second World War. With the men away at the front, Berlin has become a city of women.
On the surface, Sigrid Schröder is the model German soldier’s wife: She goes to work every day, does as much with her rations as she can, and dutifully cares for her meddling mother-in-law, all the while ignoring the horrific immoralities of the regime.
But behind this façade is an entirely different Sigrid, a woman of passion who dreams of her former Jewish lover, now lost in the chaos of the war. But Sigrid is not the only one with secrets—she soon finds herself caught between what is right and what is wrong, and what falls somewhere in the shadows between the two . . .
Oh - that sounds good! I would have never thought to pick that one up until I now.