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Review: A Girl in Winter

User Review  - AJ Brenchley - Goodreads

I really enjoyed this -- and I hope it's all right if I say that I think it especially accomplished, considering that the author was very young at time of writing it (24, if my memory is correct). It ... Read full review

Review: A Girl in Winter

User Review  - Don - Goodreads

Poignant. Absorbing. Hopeful. Read full review

Review: A Girl in Winter

User Review - Goodreads

Poignant. Absorbing. Hopeful.

Review: A Girl in Winter

User Review  - Marie - Goodreads

One of my favorite books. Like The House in Paris, the current action takes place in one day, waiting, while the backstory happens in the middle. It could really be called A Girl in Summer, as the crux of the book happens one idyllic summer before WWII. I like to read this in the summer. Read full review

Review: A Girl in Winter

User Review  - Joshua Ian - Goodreads

Wrenching. Gorgeous. Amazing. Read full review

Review: A Girl In Winter

User Review  - Debra Monroe - Goodreads

This is one of the most perfect novels I have ever read--not a word or gesture or character out of place. It's one of the only novels I've read set in war time that doesn't sentimentalize or mythologize that state of siege. It is luminous, very funny and very sad and very brave. Read full review

Review: A Girl in Winter

User Review  - Carol - Goodreads

I had to stop myself from gobbling this book. I did not ever want it to end. Written by a poet with the talent to transport the reader into the atmosphere of his story. I believe I actually lived it--- he is so good. What pleasure. Read full review

Review: A Girl in Winter

User Review  - Ania - Goodreads

this goes straight to my top ten,i nearly cried. Read full review

Review: A Girl in Winter

User Review  - Rita Brinkerhoff - Goodreads

I was depressed for a week after this book. It's been awhile since I read it, but I felt the weight of HUMAN ISOLATION. I was at a point where I was reading non-fiction exclusively due to attention span issues, but this was so absorbing. Read full review


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