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Mar 30, 2019maipenrai rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
If an author chooses to write a novel set in an historic period such as WWII she should at least get the basic facts correct. Early in the book Grace and her husband dream in 1944 about sailing on the Queen Elizabeth II - it was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008. Josie says that her Indian brother has been missing since the "Battle of the Ardennes". Since the Normandy invasion had not taken place at the time she was speaking, there were not many British soldiers fighting in the Ardennes nor anywhere else in France. The Battle of the Ardennes, better known as the battle of the bulge did not take place until 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. Although the Germans invaded France via the Ardennes, the battles of the campaign were at Arras, Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk. Early in the book Mark, Grace's husband's best friend, explains that he was unable to attend the funeral because he was overseas fighting. Later he states that he was at university throughout the war and them joined the war crimes service. Ms. Jenoff seems to have decided that WWII novels are her forte. She has lost all credibility with me with the gross errors sited and many more. She has lost a reader in me. Kristi & Abby Tabby