Member Review

“High as the Heavens” by Kate Breslin is another wonderful book set during WWI. Evelyn Marche lives in Brussels in 1917, during the German occupation. Evelyn works as Sister Nurse Marche of the Belgian Red Cross in the German hospital in Brussels, and in her uncle’s café. What most people do not know is that Evelyn is also a member of La Dame Blanche, a resistance organization. She lives with her aunt, uncle, mother and two German soldiers who are billeted in their home. Her life is fraught with danger and intrigue. Just keeping her clandestine activities secret from the Germans which whom she must work takes lots of stealth. One evening she sees a plane crash outside the city, and rushes to help. One man is dead and the other badly hurt. When she really looks at his face, she is astonished to find that it is her “dead” husband, a British Officer who perished in the first weeks of the war. She takes him to the German hospital for help and then spirits him away for safety from the Germans. Simon and Evelyn have each lived through unspeakable horrors and need to find their way back to each other and get out of the mess they are in.

Again, Ms. Breslin has written a compelling and undeniably exciting war novel. I loved this book and look forward to reading many more thrilling works by this author.