"City of Women" is Kerri's book pick

'City of Women' by David R. Gillham
'City of Women' by David R. Gillham
Book cover courtesy of publisher

Kerri's book Pick of the Week, "City of Women," is a novel set in Germany during the World War II. It follows the lives of the women left behind as the men fight on the front.

From Cleveland Plain Dealer:

"The story focuses on Sigrid Schroder, to all appearances an ordinary housewife, who becomes caught up in smuggling Jews out of the country. She finds herself tangled in a world of deception and horrifying choices, in which loyalties are flexible and survival is elusive.

Gillham's writing is often stunning: "Looking into her eyes," writes Gillham of a once-prominent matron, now reduced to pariah, "is like staring through the windows of a bombed-out building."

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