#BlogTour: Inge’s War by Svenja O’Donnell @SvenjaODonnell @EburyPublishing @RandomTTours #IngesWar #SvenjaODonnell #RandomThingsTours

Book Synopsis:

What does it mean to be on the wrong side of history?

Svenja’s beautiful and aloof grandmother, Inge, had never spoken about growing up in Nazi Germany. But when Svenja impulsively visits the windswept Baltic city of her Grandmother’s birth, something unlocks in Inge and finally she begins to tell her story.

Inge’s War listens to the voices often missing from our historical narrative – those of ordinary women who find themselves on the wrong side of history. And it poses the question – as chaos descends just what must they do to survive?

Inge’s War is available in ebook and hardback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below.

My Review:

Inge’s War is an absorbing and thought provoking read which will stay with me. I’ve not read many books that focuses on the ordinary German Citizens and how they were affected by the war so I found it extremely interesting to read a book from that perspective.

I found myself quickly drawn into the stories and into the characters lives. The places and people are vividly described so I often felt like I was actually there experiencing everything alongside the characters. This story is based on the author’s grandmother’s war experience making it a harrowing read at times and made me feel more involved in the book and all the characters go through.

The thing I most liked about this book was the author’s ability to make the reader really think about the situation that a lot of ordinary people found themselves in. I found myself really questioning what I’ve had done and if I would have acted differently.

Overall I really enjoyed this hard hitting, emotional book which I will be recommending to all historical fiction fans. Some of the events in the book could be compared with stuff that has been happening recently which made me feel quite uneasy that history could repeat itself again.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Ebury publishers for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

About The Author:

Svenja O’Donnell is an award-winning political correspondent and commentator whose work regularly features on TV and radio. Before covering Brexit for Bloomberg, she worked as a correspondent in Russia. Half-Irish and half-German, she was born and brought up in Paris, and lives in London. Inge’s War is her first book.