Publisher: 16th September 2021 by HarperCollins Australia
Pages: 520 pages
How I Read It: ARC book
Genre: historical fiction, World War II
My Rating: 4 cups
Synopsis:
France, 1944.
Deep in the river valley of the Dordogne, in an old stone cottage on the edge of a beautiful village, three sisters long for the end of the war.
Hélène, the eldest, is trying her hardest to steer her family to safety, even as the Nazi occupation becomes more threatening.
Elise, the rebel, is determined to help the Resistance, whatever the cost.
And Florence, the dreamer, just yearns for a world where France is free.
Then, one dark night, the Allies come knocking for help. And Helene knows that she cannot sit on the sidelines any longer. But bravery comes at a cost, and soon the sisters' lives become even more perilous as they fight for what is right. And secrets from their own mysterious past threaten to unravel everything they hold most dear…
The first in an epic new series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, Daughters of War is a stunning tale of sisters, secrets and bravery in the darkness of war-torn France…
My Thoughts
Daughters of War is the first book in a family saga set in the last two years of World War II. It follows the lives of three sisters living in a small village in Vichy France. As always Dinah excels with the setting of this story - it is brilliant. The village of Sante Cecile and its inhabitants really come to life as the story narrative revolves between each of the three sisters.
If this is an era and locale you are partial to you will find the book a wonderfully absorbing read - sisters struggling to make sense of themselves and their place in life while under Nazi occupation. With the three varied narrations, Dinah provides three different perspectives of the impact of the war and the occupation of their village. Dinah has done her research as the horrors of war are very real and confronting. This is classic Dinah Jefferies with the evocative and rich descriptions and sense of place that you feel a part of the village yourself.
Daughters of War is an engaging book on how the war affected one family in one village during World War II. It is an excellent historical fiction with all the suspense, mystery, drama and romance one has come to expect from Dinah’s books - the first in what looks to be a most compelling series.
‘She still loved the feeling of stillness once the sun was going down … the space between the days was her only chance of peace. She would sit in the darkness of the garden after her sisters were in bed and she would take a long slow breath and ground herself in her life.’
This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The quoted material may have changed in the final release.
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