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'I have not been so moved by a book in quite some time as I was by Kommandant's Girl.' --Historical Romance Writers
'...a compelling tale...I couldn't stop turning the pages.' --Young Lawyer/The Legal Intelligencer
'...an insightful portrait of people forced into an untenable situation.' --Booklist
'...a compelling tale...I couldn't stop turning the pages.' --Young Lawyer/The Legal Intelligencer
'...an insightful portrait of people forced into an untenable situation.' --Booklist
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This work discusses hope, struggle and defiance in the face of overwhelming odds. This is a compelling tale of love and courage in dangerous and desperate times. 'Krakow, the City of Kings, was no longer mine. I had become a foreigner in the place I had always called home.' It is the year 1939. Overnight, Jewish nineteen-year-old Emma Bau's world is turned upside down when Germany invades Poland. And after only six weeks of marriage, her husband Jacob, a member of the Resistance, is forced to flee. Escaping the ghetto, Emma assumes a new, Christian identity and finds work at Nazi headquarters. As secretary to the charismatic Kommandant Richwalder, Emma vows to use her unique position to gather intelligence for the Resistance, by any means necessary. Poignant, affecting and gripping, "Kommandant's Girl" is the beautifully written story of one woman's struggle to survive one of the darkest periods in human history.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found Kommandant's Girl a highly emotive, very thought provoking story. It was different to anything I had read before. Whilst reading the book, I felt both anger and sadness, and at times was reduced to tears at the plight of Marta, made even more poignant by the fact that such treatment of people and persecution actually went on. I have never seen a book by this author in shops before - and if this is Pam Jenoff's first book then I think she has a wonderful future in writing. I would certainly by another book by her should I come across one.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I literally couldn't put this book down! I just couldn't get enough of it and then cursed myself when I finished it too quickly and had to move on to a book not of the same standard to fill my idle days.
Pam Jenoff's "Kommandant's Girl" is possibly the best book I've ever read. Scrap that -- it IS the best book I've ever read. I could associate to the place names having recently visited Krakow and all it's historical sites. I could really home in on the protagonist and loved the storyline, even though the ending made me cry!! The ending was the only thing I didn't like -- it was great quality and really upsetting, but I would've taken things another way.
All the same: a first class book. Must be bought and must be read!!
All I can hope now is that they make it into a film!!!
Pam Jenoff's "Kommandant's Girl" is possibly the best book I've ever read. Scrap that -- it IS the best book I've ever read. I could associate to the place names having recently visited Krakow and all it's historical sites. I could really home in on the protagonist and loved the storyline, even though the ending made me cry!! The ending was the only thing I didn't like -- it was great quality and really upsetting, but I would've taken things another way.
All the same: a first class book. Must be bought and must be read!!
All I can hope now is that they make it into a film!!!
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found the Kommandant's Girl a very easy to read book, even the subject matter is not easy to forget, and nor should it be forgotten..It offers an insight into how the Jew were treated by the Nazi's and also how the resistance came into it's own at times..Yes there is a romantic tale to this book but the ending is not predictable...Sometimes one feels that there is some softening around the edges to add the romance in it, but also it really does manage to show how the Poles and mainly the Jews coped living in Poland when the Nazi's invaded their lives...I do not hesitate in asking people to read this, but do hope that the Jewish communities are not made to feel as if this book trivialises everything they went through during the war with the romantic element added, I myself do not believe this book does that, as the romantic element certainly as it's twist at the end...
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5 stars - I loved it
This book gets five starts from me! I have recently read "the Collaborator" and although I did find the books a little similar (the two German men to me were quite similar) I also... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Anna
Improbable
I bought this book second-hand having seen the excellent film 'Black Book' about the Resistance in Holland and thinking that it was on a similar subject. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Kate Hopkins
A chicklit romantic melodrama
This is a romantic melodrama at the upper end of the chicklit genre. My credibility was stretched to breaking point by some of the characters and events. Read more
Published 2 months ago by menapia
Good idea, let down by the quality of the writing.
I cannot help but think that this would have been a better book without the endless repetition of the phrase 'I cannot help but think' or the constant use of twisting stomachs to... Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Mccready
Kind of an entertaining read, but nothing more
I decided to give this book a try based on the many an enthusiastic review here - but what a disappointment! Read more
Published 3 months ago by MaPe
Best book I have read for a long time!
My husband read this first and said it should be made into a film!
I haven't quite finished reading it myself but can't put it down
and thoroughly agree it should be made... Read more
I haven't quite finished reading it myself but can't put it down
and thoroughly agree it should be made... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Rickie
Amazing
I am not the keenest of readers but when I saw the cover in a garden centre on a table of offers it jumped out at me. Read more
Published 9 months ago by kimi
Kommandants Girl
I am now reading this book for the 5th time! I love it so much, and still end up crying at the end! I am fascinated in the Holocaust and having just come back from Krakow, I... Read more
Published 10 months ago by RachelHelen.x
dont bother
I bought this book together with the follow on The Diplomats Wife. More fool me. The story started promisingly enough but never really fulfilled the promise. Read more
Published 18 months ago by P. Preston
Great book!
I enjoy reading novels about the Second World War but this one is one of my favourites. I've read it countless times and the story is gripping time and time again! Read more
Published 19 months ago by Harry
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