The Daughter's Tale by Armando Lucas Correa - Bookin' It With Jen

The Daughter's Tale is the story of a mother's love for her children and the lengths she is willing to go to in order to protect them.

Set primarily in Germany and France during WWII, Jewish bookstore owners and parents Amanda and Julius navigate the ever worsening climate in Berlin in the 1940s. When the Gestapo takes Julius it sets into motion a plan to save their kids Lina and Viera, then 4 and 7, by shipping them overseas to family members in Cuba. But when the time comes Amanda can't bring herself to send four year old Lina alone on the ship with her sister so she entrusts Viera's safety to a family of strangers and escapes with Lina to France. A story of heartbreak and loss follows, in a nightmare made worse by the truth of it all, and the unfortunate fact that not all stories have a happy ending. Another great addition to the genre, fans of Historic or WWII fiction should add this to their reading lists.

Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for providing me with a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.