This book was fantastic! It reveals lost history. I have learned so much about Polish Jews and the Polish people. Heartwarming story of resilience and love.

Two spelling errors I noticed :

Page 17 comport ?
Page 248 "that had ow assumed”


Traumatizing - heartbreak & wonderful !
4 stars for The Warsaw Orphan
This book follows emila a polish girl who can no longer sit idilly by as innocent children are murdered and Roman a Jewish boy who lives and breathes, and fights for everything he believes in through childhood and adulthood as the Germans and then soviets invade Poland. Their story is filled with bravery and struggles of war from two different perspectives, which intertwine perfectly.

Initially I found the beginning of the novel very wordy almost to much detail I felt myself wanting to wander through the pages to find something to connect with well by the end of chapter 5 I found that , that first time my heart was ripped out of my chest while reading the Warsaw orphan, however it certainly wasn't the last. By chapter 9 I was in full fledge page turning consumed with the story. I had to know what happen to each and everyone of the characters I came to love. I absolutely LOVE the ending of this novel it closed all loose ends and questions.

"The war had been so destructive in emilias life , but it never dampened the goodness of her spirit " resinates with me so much even when the unthinkable happens to her time and time again , she is forced to make impossible decisions she always rises above and does her best to keep on spreading even a shred is goodness to those around her.

The way Kelly Rimmer switches from hope to great sadness and glimpses of happiness is unlike anything I have ever read before. It tears my heart apart to know the decisions that so many families had to make , for themselves, for humanity , for their children. As a mother myself it shakes me to my very core that so many people had to suffer this way. I have read many stories and memoirs of WWII, however the way in which this story is told opens your eyes to the traumatizing despair, and heartbreak that was suffered through, the tough decisions that had to be made.