This is a wonderful book..its has practically every possible human emotion..Seth does a great job of intermingling the characters and dives back in time with seamless ease..The novel based on true life story of his uncle and aunt set in Germany of mid -1930’s and Britain from 1940’s onwards..the story is revealed through family archives, letters and conversations with his uncle (sadly after his aunt’s death - so its probably one side of the story)..The wonderful message of how a relationship blossoms in the backdrop of challenging times of the 2nd World War..there are anecdotes of Germans finishing of the Jews that make you wonder how hatred can make people do such dastardly acts..there are sections devoted to the War as well in Italy and Africa where Seth’s uncle worked with Dental core.A life full of challenges that inspires every reader of this book to pursue one’s dreams whatever the challenges and odds..There are many messages in this book some profound some subtle - this is the real charm of this book..the narrative style is simple and yet captivating..you wouldn;t like to stop while the book is in your hands..
A must read for book lovers and Seth fans..if there is one aspect which I found a bit duanting was the number of letters in the book..it was challenging to keep track of the different people related with these letters..
Happy reading..
Cheers,
Sam72