Book: Three Sisters

 Book: Three Sisters

Author: Heather Morris

Pages: 402

This is the 214th read for the year

Amazon says:

Against all odds, three Solvakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz.  Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and the brutal whims of the guards in this place of horror.  But now, the allies are closing in and the sisters have one last hurdle to face: the death march from Auschwitz, as the Nazis try to erase any evidence of the prisoners held there.  Due to a last minute stroke of luck, the three of them are able to escape formation and hide in the woods for days before being rescued.  And this is where the story begins.  From there, the three sisters travel to Israel, to their new ome, but the battle for freedom takes on new forms.  Livia, Magda, and Cibi must face the ghosts of their past - and some secrets that they have kept from each other - to find true peace and happiness.

This book was okay.  I really liked her other two books, so I had high hopes for this one.  The first half of the book was good.  It is detailed and hard to read about their time in the camps.  The second half fell flat for me.  It jumps ahead so quickly - marriages, babies, moving.....just seemed almost unrealistic.  It was like she told what she wanted to tell in the first half and then pieced together the second to make the book longer.  It became a chore to finish it.  I lost all interest in what was happening to the sisters by the end of the book and was just glad to be done with it.  It is based on a true story, but how much?  Not sure.

Stars: 3.