By Kelly Bridgewater
A Family’s History Is Lost to the Ravages of
WWII in Southwest France
1942
Noémie Treves, a young, pregnant Jewish woman,
had her entire world shattered when she is arrested and taken to the Camp de
Rivesaltes transit camp in Southwest France. No sooner does she arrive, though,
than she assists in helping two young girls scheduled for transport escape to a
nearby maternity hospital. The matron there befriends her and changes her name
to help hide her. But nothing goes according to plan, and Hannah finds herself
doing the unimaginable to save one precious life.
2022
Caitlyn Laurant is haunted by recent events in
her life and hopes becoming a nurse on the mission field will help her forget.
While in training, she and her friends travel to France where her grandfather
was born. What should have been an easy search for his birthplace turns into
anything but and reveals secrets that no one alive has ever heard.
My Thoughts:
What I Promise You
by Liz Tolsma goes into World War II France and the Concentration camps. It is
bad enough with all the horrors that men, women, and children had to suffer
while being tortured in those camps, but can you imagine being pregnant at the
same time. No energy. Cravings. Sickness. Trying to eat enough good food to
keep your baby alive. Those are hard enough for mothers in the modern age. Let
alone be in a concentration camp where they are trying to kill you. Tolsma does
a wonderful job at creating a storyline that tugs at the heart of the reader
and makes them empathize with Noemie. Every World War II story that I have read
does show a new level of the disgust and hatred of the German Nazi’s. At least,
in Tolsma story, there was not a lot of cringe-worthy moments. A safe, yet
unique story. The plot features a modern young lady who through she wanted her
life to go way, but through the help of another character, she realizes maybe
that is not where God wants her to go with her life. A touch of romance. A
surprise yet fulfilling ending to the story. Overall, What I Promise You by Liz
Tolsma showed another element of World War II that I was not familiar with, but
at times, the story does move quite slowly for my taste.
I received a complimentary copy of What I
Promise You by Liz Tolsma from Barbour
Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My Rating:
3.5
out of 5 stars
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