By: Diane
Ackerman
Genre: Historical
Non-Fiction
Pages: 384
Published: 2007
Told in: Third Person
Compare to:
The Kommandant’s Girl, Pam Jenoff
My Enemy’s Cradle, Sara Young
The Lost, Daniel Mendelsohn
In a nutshell:
Placed in Warsaw, Poland during WWII, this book follows the
experiences of Jan and Antonina, the city’s old zookeepers, whose efforts
during the war helped to save hundreds of lives.
What you may enjoy:
This book is both informative and inspiring. Ackerman is
able to recount the history of Warsaw during WWII without being too graphic.
This book covers facts and stories not only about the city and its people but
about the animals that are native to Poland.
What you may NOT
enjoy:
There are a lot of tangents that don’t pertain to the main
focus of the book. While some of those tangents are interesting, they are also
very distracting. Both the beginning and ending of the book are weak and
long-winded, full of unnecessary details.
Warnings:
Violence and Disturbing Images:
Man and woman shot and killed; people burned in bomb raid (mentions
smell of burnt flesh); plane shot down, plane shoots at crowd of people;
soldiers shoot animals; planes shoot over zoo, killing animals (mildly
graphic); dead horses in the street (mildly graphic); woman raped (mentioned); people
threatened; people beaten; children casually shot; children shot in the head;
man dies from internal bleeding; dog dies from rat poisoning; pigs and piglets
killed; woman tortured; kids and adults killed in gas chambers; man shot and
killed; man shot in the neck; people commit suicide; building burned down,
killing people; people killed in explosions; woman threatened multiple times;
boy threatened; hamster drinks alcohol and dies.
Sex and Nudity:
Discusses foreskin, circumcision, and “reskinning”.
Language and Profanity:
Bastard
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