True and heartbreaking. To think so many people still don’t know what really went on just a few years ago.

A young girl flees for her life with her pregnant mother and another family before the Germans can round them up and export them out of Poland to the camps. A Polish girl discovers Sadie the brave young woman living below her in the sewers and their relationship begins to become one of joy loyalty survival and encouragement with a deep love ans respect for their friend. Ellie tried to saveSadie when their sewer hiding spot was compromised but everything became extremely chaotic and two friends were forced to separate by one of their deaths during escaping and the aftermath and the circumstances that became the future and where the rest all ended up was a mystery until someone connected to the heart of the story researching her entire life has finally found the missing link the woman she has been looking for and the revelations she is told are surreal and speak of the power and determination and innate ability to preservers and find resilience in human life even when it’s filled with grim reality and not much hope. Beautiful story of the remarkable strength of the spirit and heart of humanity

Very well written. Easy to visualize and become the characters yourself.

What an incredible vivid courageous story Pam Jenoff crafted. It was interesting, loving, horrifying and intense. A different take on the horrors of the Holocaust. Didn’t realize until reading the author’s notes that this was more than less a fictional tale.

There is too much going on in this book to feel a connection with the characters. At times, it wasn’t clear which character was speaking. Characters thoughts and actions morphed into one. There are other WW2 books that are better reads. Read Quinn or Anika Scott if you like this type of read.

Never thought about the sewers being a safe place to escape the Nazi’. Good read.

This is an excellent, fast moving story of hardship and survival. I couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend this well written and engrossing novel.

A beautifully crafted, gripping story of love and courage and faith that is almost impossible to put down. This is a tale of incredible challenges and heart breaking losses woven together with the threads of heroism, truth and triumph. It reminds the reader that love really is as vast and endless as all the stars in the sky.

The ending didn’t add up, and i found it disappointing.

It made me cry but it’s a great story of true love and search for freedom