reviews February 28, 2017

Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring

The Munich Girl: A novel of the legacies that outlast war.

The past may not be done with us. What secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding?

Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her fatherís war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never didóthat her mother and Hitlerís mistress were friends.

Plunged into the world of the ìordinaryî Munich girl who was her motherís confidanteóand a tyrantís loveróAnna uncovers long-buried secrets and unknown reaches of her heart, to reveal the enduring power of love in the legacies that always outlast war.

After Anna Dahlberg’s mother dies, she finds her old diary and learns that her mother and Hitler’s mistress Eva Braun were friends. She learns how the painting of Eva, that has hung in their dining room, came into her father’s possession.

This was an interesting read since there is so little written about Eva Braun. This book certainly made me want to learn more of her.

I had some difficulties connecting with Anna. Even in her fifties she was so weak and bit childish. My favorite parts were chapters with Peggy, Anna’s mother, and her time during the war. It would have been interesting to have her POV after the war too. How she managed the life after it since she had to make hard decisions leaving Germany behind.

Even if I had some troubles with the book, I did enjoy it very much. You can see that the author has done her research well.

3,5/5

Published: Whole Sky Books (November 14, 2015)
Format: ebook
Source: Premier Virtual Author Book Tours

About Phyllis Edgerly Ring

Author Phyllis Edgerly Ring lives in New England and returns as often as she can to her childhood home in Germany. Her years there left her with a deep desire to understand the experience of Germans during the Second World War. She has studied plant sciences and ecology, worked as a nurse, been a magazine writer and editor, taught English to kindergartners in China, and served as program director at a Bahaíi conference center in Maine.

She is also author of the novel, Snow Fence Road, and the inspirational nonfiction, Life at First Sight: Finding the Divine in the Details. Her book for children, Jamila Does Not Want a Bat in Her House, is scheduled for release by Bellwood Press in early 2017.

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