We’re altering our readalong schedule a little bit and making Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum our 2017 World War II Challenge Readalong for June. We hope you will join us for discussions each Monday starting June 12.
For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy’s sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer. Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the heartbreaking truth of her mother’s life. Those Who Save Us is a profound exploration of what we endure to survive and the legacy of shame.
Discussions will be held every Monday as follows, and as always, we encourage you to share your thoughts and even pose your own questions.
June 12: Discussion of Prologue – Chapter 15
June 19: Discussion of Chapters 16-29
June 26: Discussion of Chapters 30-45
July 3: Discussion of Chapters 46 – End
We look forward to reading what sounds to be a fantastic book, and hope you will join us!
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War Through the Generations 
I cannot wait to start this one
I’ve been wanting to read it for ages!