May 13, 2022
by Rose Scott
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Book review: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their epic quest for Gold in the 1936 Olympics by Daniel James Brown Like narrative non-fiction such as Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand, or biographical World War Two fiction? If so, … Continue reading
May 23, 2020
by Rose Scott
Comments Off on Book Review: When the War is over
Imagine you are just fifteen years old. But fifteen, in 1944 Germany approaches adulthood. Like it or not, conscription awaits for you and your friends. Anton apprentices in his late father’s trade as a watchmaker, even though he dreams of … Continue reading
May 30, 2018
by Rose Scott
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Antonina, the zookeeper’s wife, is a woman who loves deeply—her husband Jan, their son and the animals they care for in the Warsaw Zoo. Every day families in the community enjoy the zoo, until 1939, when the Nazi assault on … Continue reading
October 20, 2017
by Rose Scott
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We don’t talk about that is a fitting title for the memoir of a woman who lost her childhood, home and innocence to a war that extended into what should have been peacetime. A colourful cast of relatives inhabit life … Continue reading
July 11, 2017
by Rose Scott
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What is it that caused ordinary Germans to follow Hitler? Why did they go along with his policies and how was it that they didn’t stop the murder of six million Jews? Only the people that lived in Nazi Germany … Continue reading
January 21, 2016
by Rose Scott
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Forrester is a brash young pilot, a Canadian, in the Royal Airforce during World War Two. After an error in judgment he is assigned to a short leave, when he meets the Lady Armitage and her attractive but aloof niece … Continue reading
July 7, 2015
by Rose Scott
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World War Two is over. But not for everyone. A new regime rises. A family is torn apart. Is there hope in a world turned upside down? Amazon.ca, Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
June 26, 2014
by Rose Scott
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What is the point of novel writing anyway? Aren’t there enough books out there? Fluffy romances for summer reading, thrillers and mysteries for entertainment. If I want to effect change wouldn’t it make more sense to write non-fiction, like a … Continue reading
March 12, 2014
by Rose Scott
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During the past few weeks my dining room table has been covered with stacks of print-outs and books. I have been highlighting information and taking notes in order to add detail and fill in gaps in my novel. Reading about … Continue reading
October 9, 2013
by Rose Scott
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940.5318. I stand gazing at the library stacks. Two shelves are stuffed full of books about the Holocaust. The tragedies inflicted upon human beings are too much to contemplate and I am compelled to denounce the evils of Hitler … Continue reading