"War is not women's history," Virginia Woolf observed. But when confronted with it, members of that sex have summoned levels of courage and resourcefulness to rival those of any military commander. In A Train In Winter, Caroline Moorehead focuses on a group of women worthy of particular awe, both for the bravery they demonstrated and the brutality they endured.
The शीर्षक refers to a vehicle that in January 1943 transported 230 women — all members of the French Resistance battling the German occupation of their country — to Nazi death camps. They ranged in age from 15 to 68, in occupation from scientists to housewives. Many had already लॉस्ट husbands, प्रेमी and other family members; द्वारा the end of World War II, only 49 of the female prisoners themselves remained.
Moorehead, a biographer and journalist noted for her emphasis on human rights, traces the lives and deaths of all her subjects with unswerving candor and compassion. The book is divided into two parts; the first is drier, carefully tracing the individual backgrounds of the women (most of whom were not Jewish) and the circumstances that led them to risk so much. Committed communists and Gaullists and naïve schoolgirls use their wits, and occasionally their charms, to defy the Germans and their Vichy collaborators. They प्रकाशित करे anti-Nazi writings, carry messages and weapons and help Jews to safety, even as conditions grow और treacherous.
The सेकंड part follows the women through their time in the camps and its aftermath, and is not for the faint of heart. Children are torn from mothers and ripped apart द्वारा dogs; all manner of sickness and squalor is recounted in excruciating detail. The fierce camaraderie that sustains the women is captured just as vividly, but there are no real happy endings; even the survivors emerge physically and psychologically ravaged.
Still, A Train In Winter is reassuring for what it reveals about the resilience of the human spirit. In Moorehead's telling, neither evil nor good is banal; and if the latter doesn't always triumph, it certainly inspires.
The शीर्षक refers to a vehicle that in January 1943 transported 230 women — all members of the French Resistance battling the German occupation of their country — to Nazi death camps. They ranged in age from 15 to 68, in occupation from scientists to housewives. Many had already लॉस्ट husbands, प्रेमी and other family members; द्वारा the end of World War II, only 49 of the female prisoners themselves remained.
Moorehead, a biographer and journalist noted for her emphasis on human rights, traces the lives and deaths of all her subjects with unswerving candor and compassion. The book is divided into two parts; the first is drier, carefully tracing the individual backgrounds of the women (most of whom were not Jewish) and the circumstances that led them to risk so much. Committed communists and Gaullists and naïve schoolgirls use their wits, and occasionally their charms, to defy the Germans and their Vichy collaborators. They प्रकाशित करे anti-Nazi writings, carry messages and weapons and help Jews to safety, even as conditions grow और treacherous.
The सेकंड part follows the women through their time in the camps and its aftermath, and is not for the faint of heart. Children are torn from mothers and ripped apart द्वारा dogs; all manner of sickness and squalor is recounted in excruciating detail. The fierce camaraderie that sustains the women is captured just as vividly, but there are no real happy endings; even the survivors emerge physically and psychologically ravaged.
Still, A Train In Winter is reassuring for what it reveals about the resilience of the human spirit. In Moorehead's telling, neither evil nor good is banal; and if the latter doesn't always triumph, it certainly inspires.
the book are आप there god its me margret is very inspiring to me i don't know how judy bloom does it i would deffinetly recomend this book for any girl who fells sad या depressed it is a short book so आप will mort likely finish it in about a week maybe even a दिन i normally don't like पढ़ना but after पढ़ना this book it made me think that i should read और पुस्तकें now i am पढ़ना so many cool पुस्तकें i could write my own but i am not feeling up to that so i will just stick to पढ़ना i hope आप found my लेख usefull and remember if आप have a good book tell me because i am really loving पढ़ना now
Bill Wallace is my प्रिय author. Here are my प्रिय पुस्तकें द्वारा him.
1.Pick Of the Litter
2.A Dog Called Kitty
3. The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa
1.It teaches an important lesson about doing what's right even when its not easy. Plus I प्यार dogs.
2.Although the ending was kind of sad I loved पढ़ना about the relation between the boy and the dog bonding. It also made me laugh as well as cry which I believe is very important.
3.It shows आप things from the कुत्ता point of view which I thought wqas very interesting.
1.Pick Of the Litter
2.A Dog Called Kitty
3. The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa
1.It teaches an important lesson about doing what's right even when its not easy. Plus I प्यार dogs.
2.Although the ending was kind of sad I loved पढ़ना about the relation between the boy and the dog bonding. It also made me laugh as well as cry which I believe is very important.
3.It shows आप things from the कुत्ता point of view which I thought wqas very interesting.