So excited to add these books to my Year of Translation TBR!
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Chaje Adler was the mother of Bertha, Frida, & Nelly; aunt to Zigmond. She worked as a tailor in Liege when the Nazis invaded. She hid with her family but was found when her husband was hospitalized in May 1944. She was gassed with two of her daughters & nephew on May 21, 1944.

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This is Zigmond, cousin of the Adler sisters posted earlier. He lived with the Adlers after his mother died and was 3 years old when the Germans occupied Belgium. He hid with his family until arrested in May 1944. He was gassed on May 21, 1944 at 7 years old.

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Nelly Adler was Bertha & Frida's youngest sister. She was 10 when the Germans occupied Liege and she went into hiding with her family. Her family was arrested by the Gestapo in May 1944 and she was gassed on May 21, 1944 at 14 years old.

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This is Frida Adler, Bertha's older sister. Frida worked as a maid and visited her family often. One day she received a message that said "Don't come" because they'd been arrested by the Gestapo. She was in Brussels when it was liberated in 1944. She immigrated to the US in 1946.

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Boulder by Eva Baltasar 💙📚
When Boulder's partner Samsa wants to have a baby, her world turns upside down. The imagery in this slim novel is fantastic and I loved the Icelandic setting.

Bertha Adler was 11 when the Germans occupied Liege, the Belgium city she lived in with her parents and two sisters. Catholic friends tried to help them with false papers to keep the safe. The Germans found them in May of 1944 and she was gassed two days later.

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A book that makes it hard to know what is real and what is a dream.
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So much to unpack in this novel, with haunting imagery and unforgettable relationships. I will definitely be rereading!!

Perfect reading for Black History Month 💙📚

This research disputes the prevailing belief that white southern women were too delicate to be pro-slavery. This shows the myriad of ways w. southern women participated in and benefited from slavery in the south.

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata 💙📚
I was totally annoyed by the MMC in this early 20th century Japanese novel. This book reminded me a lot of Norwegian Woods by Haruki Murakami.

Clear by Carys Davies 💙📚
Such a fantastic little novel for lovers of words, Scottish islands, knitting 🧶, and spinning.

January was a fabulous month for reading! Of course - I did my best to escape reality!

What can you say about the world in the years leading up to Anne Frank’s death? Other than it feels eerily similar to today 💙📚

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So excited to start swatching on my Moon Mint sweater by @dreareneeknits.bsky.social!!

After Me Comes the Flood by Sarah Perry 💙📚

After reading her debut novel, I am now a Sarah Perry completist!

In this novel, John Cole's car breaks down while trying to visit his brother and he comes upon a mysterious house in which its strange habitants are seemingly expecting him.

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I finally have my 10 favorite books from 2024! 💙📚

* Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor – a young girl on an isolated Welsh Island in the days leading up to WWII who dreams of more. ⬇️

Hello #BookSky! Another recent finish is Guide Me Home by Attica Locke. It's the third (and final?!) book in the Hwy 59 series. All three books follow Darren Matthews, a Black Texas Ranger in East Texas, the same part of the world where I grew up. ⬇️