Tag: WWII

  • Review of “Cecile’s Secret”

    Three generations of women all tied together by secrets. In the book Cecile’s Secret by Ruth E. Hill, it all starts with one secret held by a woman named Cecile Legrand. The book opens on Cecile being recruited to serve as a spy and resistance operative in WWII France in 1944. While there she ends…

  • Review of “Flags of Our Fathers”

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    Here in the U.S. today happens to be Memorial Day so I thought I would show my support by posting a review of an appropriate book. After much contemplation I ended up reading Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley. This book tells the story of the raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima…

  • Review of “White Mulberry”

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    White Mulberry is the debut novel of Rosa Kwon Easton. It tells the story of Miyoung, a young Korean woman born in the 1920’s who lived under Japanese occupation. Starting when she was a child it covers her move to adulthood and the challenges she faces in doing so. At the same time it also…