I love historical fiction and Quinn delivers on this one. For whatever reason, it seems that the World Wars are often the era that draws me in. Young Charlie is looking for her cousin who disappeared during or after World War II while much older Eve is looking for her abuser & Nazi collaborator from her younger years during World War I, while she served as a British spy. These two very unlikely characters begin a journey together through France and Belgium with individual goals....that somehow get intertwined by the end of the story. Being a geography lover, it greatly pleased me to have the map that Quinn provided so I could trace the steps of these women, along with their trustworthy driver, Finn.
Of course the deeper part of the novel is the message that we are all broken, that we all carry wounds, that we all have negative voices in our heads; BUT when we experience the love of friends and family who accept us in spite of it all, healing begins. Though there is not an overt Christian theme in the story, I clearly saw redemption reflected in Quinn's characters.
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