The book we were the lucky ones5/8/2023 She could have created flesh-and-blood people with faults and weaknesses-and then claimed that, after all, it was only fiction and her relatives in real life were much nicer. Yet she failed to take advantage of the opportunities fiction offers for depth of characterization. Most powerfully and beautifully, the novel conveys the family’s love for Radom. Hunter’s overreliance on clichés is rescued by occasional flares of strong sensory descriptions. To her credit, Hunter smoothly keeps track of this sprawling cast as they move from one temporary hideout to another across five continents, and the narrative rarely flags. Love in the face of global adversity It couldn't be more timely. Unfortunately, that means her end product emerges as an adventure story about a set of stick figures, each one more beautiful and noble than the next. Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to surviveand to reuniteWe Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. Georgia Hunter presumably loves her family and didn’t want to insult anyone when she set out to write a fictionalized account of how these well-to-do, assimilated Polish Jews survived the Holocaust.
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