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Scholars of mayhem : my father's secret war in Nazi-occupied France / Daniel C. Guiet and Timothy K. Smith, c2019, Penguin Press, 940.5421 GUIE.
Subjects
• Guiet, Jean Claude.
• Great Britain. -- Special Operations Executive -- Biography.
• Spies -- United States -- Biography.
• Espionage, American -- France -- History -- 20th century.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- France.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
• Espionage, British -- France.
Summary
• "The astonishing untold story of the author's father, the lone American on a 4-person SOE commando team dropped behind German lines in France, whose epic feats of irregular warfare proved vital in keeping Nazi tanks away from Normandy after D-Day"-- Provided by publisher.
An amazing story. Well worth reading – there’s very little coverage of the teams that dropped into France. Many were lost, & their files have been destroyed, sanitized, or are still secret. Or there are still political reasons to downplay their efforts.
I had that one from the library, but I had too many others to read
so I put it on hold again. A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell just came in from library. It's about an America spy who helped win WW II. Hope it's as good as Madame Fourcade's Secret War.
Finished The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. Thanks to everyone for the good reviews. I'd never read any of See's books.
Presently alternating between American Carnage by Tim Alberta and City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. I'm 20% into Alberta's book. The background info is interesting. I'm familiar so far with most of the subject matter.
More about One True Thing and then I promise, I'll stop.
I wish my old book club was still around to read and discuss this book. Clearly it is stuck in my head.
I read it when it first came out, then a few years later, saw the film with Meryl Streep playing the mother and Renee Zellweger as the daughter--worth seeing, although there are differences from the book, from what I recall--then read the book again a few years ago when my own mother was ill.
There were very, very few reviews that touched upon two of the most arrogant, hurtful, selfishly cruel characters that I have read about in a long time (George/Papa and Jonathan). It's interesting that their negativity isn't really featured in many reivews. Is it because mostly women read and reviewed this book? And because we might have a higher tolerance for that type of behavior in the face of so many other emotional distractions that take priority?
Could be. If the book were written today, it might have some very different reviews. FWIW, I remember that in the film, George (played by William Hurt) is a fairly despicable character.
Thanks to some of you I have now a new shelf on goodreads: not worth finishing.
Finially I decided to stop reading:
Love in the time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
You are right, time's too short to read boring books and it took me quite some time to understand. I've struggled through many many books that I should have stopped reading.
Now I'm into A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry which is very interesting. I haven't read many books about India's caste system yet and the details leave me a bit speechless. I believe that I will finish this book.
Thanks to some of you I have now a new shelf on goodreads: not worth finishing.
Finially I decided to stop reading:
Love in the time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
You are right, time's too short to read boring books and it took me quite some time to understand. I've struggled through many many books that I should have stopped reading.
Now I'm into A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry which is very interesting. I haven't read many books about India's caste system yet and the details leave me a bit speechless. I believe that I will finish this book.
Just so you know I could not get through "Love in the time of cholera " either . I felt like I was trudging through it and no thank you on that one .
Just so you know I could not get through "Love in the time of cholera " either . I felt like I was trudging through it and no thank you on that one .
See now that one took work but I did love it. I had to give up on 100 Years of Solitude though. Wuthering Heights I was able to finish only because it was so short but I still don't understand what the book was and how it is so beloved by so many!!
I love the new shelf though
This was a 5 star read for me. I loved the story. The story spoke to me in many ways.
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