Karolina's Twins: A Novel

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All the amenities work, the Aircon is good, the kitchen is clean and well equipped and the bedrooms are more than adequate. Like many books about the Holocaust it is at times hard to read, as the horrors of those times are recounted. She did not want to meet up with the Germans who had burst into her house and was worried about her family. Lena’s story starts before the war and takes us into hiding, and then the ghetto, and lands us in the Auschwitz death march.

It is forbidden to copy anything for publication elsewhere without written permission from the copyright holder. Readers who crave more books like Balson's Once We Were Brothers and Kristin Hannah's bestselling The Nightingale will be enthralled by Karolina's Twins. There is, of course, specific emphasis on the Jewish population and the injustice dealt them under Nazi occupation. So I still prefer "Once We Were Brothers," which I loved with no reservations through the last page.The bedroom was a good size with a comfortable bed single beds, and a sofa bed in living room, the bathroom was adequate and the shower was good. He did an excellent job in staying true to the historical facts of those years of the Holocaust and what Lena, the main character and survivor, had to go through. Lena Woodward lived in Poland during the holocaust, lost her entire family, but did find her best friend, Karolina, in the factory where they were required to work and make coats for the Germans. Her selfish son, Arthur wants to declare her unfit and delusional about the existence of her friend Karolina's twins and take over her fortune and control her life. This is of course about the unbelievable strength and courage of people under horrific conditions, as their lives are destroyed,about the vile sins of the Nazis against humanity, but also about the depth of friendship and love.

If this had been purely fictional I would have worried more about the lackluster writing and "telling vs showing" style that I really do not enjoy. By the end of the story, I was pretty well invested in all the characters both historical and present day. Publication information is for the USA, and (unless stated otherwise) represents the first print edition. Dropped off by taxi and climbed the stairs to our room, it is a bit of a climb to the top floor, but you wouldnt get the fantastic views from the balcony without the climb, so it is well worth it. The family was Polish speaking rather than Yiddish speaking, and was very much integrated into Polish society.I hope I have encouraged you to review the history of World WarII Poland and engage in a heart warming/breaking tale. Lena and Karolina struggled to live through the atrocity of the Holocaust, and at the same time harbored a courageous, yet mysterious secret of maternity that has troubled Lena throughout her adult life. Just when you think there could not be anything new to ferret out from World War II comes a spellbinding new novel by the bestselling author of Once We Were Brothers and Saving Sophie.