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A Train in Winter (The Resistance Trilogy Book 1) by Moorehead, Caroline HCDJ
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061650706
ISBN-13
9780061650703
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102886983
Product Key Features
Book Title
Train in Winter : an Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Friendship, Holocaust, Military / World War II, Military / Napoleonic Wars, Europe / France, Military / General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
The Resistance Quartet Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
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Reviews
The first complete account of these extraordinary women and, incredibly, over 60 years later we are still learning new and terrible truths about the Holocaust. . . . An important new perspective. . . . Careful research and sensitive retelling., An extremely moving and intensely personal history of the Auschwitz universe as experienced by these women. . . . A powerful and moving book., Compelling . . . Moorehead weaves into her suspenseful, detailed narrative myriad personal stories of friendship, courage, and heartbreak., A necessary book. . . . Compelling and moving. . . . The literature of wartime France and the Holocaust is by now so vast as to confound the imagination, but when a book as good as this comes along, we are reminded that there is always room for something new., A compelling account of human suffering and courage in the face of appalling brutality. And by the careful use of detail, and an almost obsessive curiosity, Ms. Moorehead has succeeded in frustrating one of the main aims of the Nazis'…the memory of 'le Convoi des 3100' has not disappeared., “A necessary book…. Compelling and moving…. The literature of wartime France and the Holocaust is by now so vast as to confound the imagination, but when a book as good as this comes along, we are reminded that there is always room for something new.â€�, The first complete account of these extraordinary women and, incredibly, over 60 years later we are still learning new and terrible truths about the Holocaust. . . . Moorehead's group portrait offers an important new perspective not only on the suffering and courage of those in Auschwitz and other concentration camps, but of the complex French response to the German occupation Careful research and sensitive retelling., The first complete account of these extraordinary women and, incredibly, over 60 years later we are still learning new and terrible truths about the Holocaust….An important new perspective…. Careful research and sensitive retelling., A necessary book. . . . Compelling and moving. . . . The literature of wartime France and the Holocaust is by now so vast as to confound the imagination, but when a book as good as this comes along, we are reminded that there is always room for something new., Moorehead…traces the lives and deaths of all her subjects with unswerving candor and compassion…. In Moorehead's telling, neither evil nor good is banal; and if the latter doesn't always triumph, it certainly inspires., A compelling account of human suffering and courage in the face of appalling brutality. And by the careful use of detail, and an almost obsessive curiosity, Ms. Moorehead has succeeded in frustrating one of the main aims of the Nazis' . . . the memory of 'le Convoi des 3100' has not disappeared., As Moorehead delves deeply into the women's fight for survival, her narrative seamlessly comes together in order to share a significant part of history whose time has come to be heard., An extremely moving and intensely personal history of the Auschwitz universe as experienced by these women…. A powerful and moving book., Compelling . . . Moorehead weaves into her suspenseful, detailed narrative myriad personal stories of friendship, courage, and heartbreak., Journalist and renowned biographer Caroline Moorehead weaves together first person accounts including interviews, diaries, letters, and photographs, creating a chorus of women's voices whose stories may never have been told so clearly before now. . . . Her narrative seamlessly comes together in order to share a significant part of history whose time has come to be heard., Even history's darkest moments can be illuminated by spectacular courage, such as courage that Caroline Moorehead movingly celebrates in A Train in Winter . . . . Moorehead has created a somber account, sensitively rendered, of yet another grim legacy of war., Compelling…. Moorehead weaves into her suspenseful, detailed narrative myriad personal stories of friendship, courage, and heartbreak., Heightened by electrifying, and staggering, detail, Moorehead's riveting history stands as a luminous testament to the indomitable will to survive and the unbreakable bonds of friendship., Even history's darkest moments can be illuminated by spectacular courage, such as courage that Caroline Moorehead movingly celebrates in A Train in Winter . . . . Moorehead has created a somber account, sensitively rendered, of yet another grim legacy of war., [Moorehead] traces the lives and deaths of all her subjects with unswerving candor and compassion. . . . In Moorehead's telling, neither evil nor good is banal; and if the latter doesn't always triumph, it certainly inspires., "By turns heartbreaking and inspiring." -- Caroline Weber, New York Times Book Review "A compelling account of human suffering and courage in the face of appalling brutality. And by the careful use of detail, and an almost obsessive curiosity, Ms. Moorehead has succeeded in frustrating one of the main aims of the Nazis' . . . the memory of 'le Convoi des 3100' has not disappeared." -- Patrick Marnham, Wall Street Journal "[A] moving novelistic portrait. . . . An inspiring and fascinating read." -- Meredith Maran, People (3½ stars) "[Moorehead] traces the lives and deaths of all her subjects with unswerving candor and compassion. . . . In Moorehead's telling, neither evil nor good is banal; and if the latter doesn't always triumph, it certainly inspires." -- USA Today "The first complete account of these extraordinary women and, incredibly, over 60 years later we are still learning new and terrible truths about the Holocaust. . . . Moorehead's group portrait offers an important new perspective not only on the suffering and courage of those in Auschwitz and other concentration camps, but of the complex French response to the German occupation Careful research and sensitive retelling." -- Buzzy Jackson, Boston Sunday Globe "Journalist and renowned biographer Caroline Moorehead weaves together first person accounts including interviews, diaries, letters, and photographs, creating a chorus of women's voices whose stories may never have been told so clearly before now. . . . Her narrative seamlessly comes together in order to share a significant part of history whose time has come to be heard." -- Christian Science Monitor "A necessary book. . . . Compelling and moving. . . . The literature of wartime France and the Holocaust is by now so vast as to confound the imagination, but when a book as good as this comes along, we are reminded that there is always room for something new." -- Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post "Haunting account of bravery, friendship, and endurance." -- Marie Claire "An extremely moving and intensely personal history of the Auschwitz universe as experienced by these women. . . . A powerful and moving book." -- Natasha Lehrer, Times Literary Supplement (UK) "Compelling . . . Moorehead weaves into her suspenseful, detailed narrative myriad personal stories of friendship, courage, and heartbreak." -- Kirkus Reviews "Heightened by electrifying, and staggering, detail, Moorehead's riveting history stands as a luminous testament to the indomitable will to survive and the unbreakable bonds of friendship." -- Booklist (starred review) "Even history's darkest moments can be illuminated by spectacular courage, such as courage that Caroline Moorehead movingly celebrates in A Train in Winter. . . . Moorehead has created a somber account, sensitively rendered, of yet another grim legacy of war." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch "Remarkable." -- Eric Herschthal, The Jewish Week "A miraculous story about friendship and the will to overcome extraordinary cruelty, heartache and loss." -- The Jewish Journal, "Best Books of 2011", An extremely moving and intensely personal history of the Auschwitz universe as experienced by these women. . . . A powerful and moving book., The first complete account of these extraordinary women and, incredibly, over 60 years later we are still learning new and terrible truths about the Holocaust. . . . An important new perspective. . . . Careful research and sensitive retelling., A miraculous story about friendship and the will to overcome extraordinary cruelty, heartache and loss., As chronicled by Moorehead with unblinking accuracy, their agonies are appalling to contemplate, their stories of survival and friendship under duress enthralling to hear., [Moorehead] traces the lives and deaths of all her subjects with unswerving candor and compassion. . . . In Moorehead's telling, neither evil nor good is banal; and if the latter doesn't always triumph, it certainly inspires.
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
1
Dewey Decimal
940.53360944
Synopsis
In January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance weresent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied theircountry. This is their story, told in full for the first time-a searing andunforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the powerof friendship. Caroline Moorehead, a distinguishedbiographer, human rights journalist, and the author of Dancing to the Precipiceand Human Cargo, brings to life an extraordinary story that readers ofMitchell Zuckoff's Lost in Shangri-La, ErikLarson's In the Garden of Beasts, and Laura Hillenbrand's Unbrokenwill find an essential addition to our retelling of the history of WorldWar II-a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificedeverything to combat the march of evil across the world., In January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship. Caroline Moorehead, a distinguished biographer, human rights journalist, and the author of Dancing to the Precipice and Human Cargo, brings to life an extraordinary story that readers of Mitchell Zuckoff's Lost in Shangri-La, Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts, and Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken will find an essential addition to our retelling of the history of World War II--a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificed everything to combat the march of evil across the world., In January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship. Caroline Moorehead, a distinguished biographer, human rights journalist, and the author of Dancing to the Precipice and Human Cargo , brings to life an extraordinary story that readers of Mitchell Zuckoff's Lost in Shangri-La , Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts , and Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken will find an essential addition to our retelling of the history of World War II--a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificed everything to combat the march of evil across the world.
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