A story of WWII and the children being taken from their families. Very heartbreaking and also informative. I recommend reading this.

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was so excited to read this but the file is not properly formatted for kindle - it opened in landscape with a minuscule font with negligible spacing between words and lines :( to say I am heartbroken is not an exaggeration because I was so keen for this story!

Thank you to NetGalley and Interactive Publications for this e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

I really struggled with reading this book due to formatting - but was able to get a copy from my local Library in order to read it.

The exploration of the gypsy families during the Holocaust and World War ll was one that I had never read before and I really did enjoy it. I particularly enjoyed that this book primarily focused on the fates of the children moreso than anyone else, I loved how they really tried to take care of each other and how to protect one another the best that they could. This ending was also just absolutely incredibly well done, and one that I will be thinking about for a long time.

The story of the Roma people's experience in World War II is one that is not very well known. The Holocaust literature mostly focuses on the plight and destruction of the Jewish communities of Europe, but the narrative misses the story of the gypsies who were rounded up and killed by the Nazis.
This story give a look at the experience of one of these Roma girls, who luckily escapes the fate of her fellow Romani, but who is forced to use her street smarts and cunning to survive the war. Through a series of fortuitous events she is an extra on a German film, a fighter, and eventually a survivor.
I highly recommend this book for those who are interested in the Roma experience as well as the dark underbelly of the German propaganda machine during World War II.
I listened to this as an audio book and found the narrator compelling and engaging.