The Things We Dare Not Speak of: A Gripping Novel of Unspoken Truths

Pam: Read 9/29/23 My mom had a stroke when she was young…. I was in the 6th or 7th grade. She had to re-learn how to walk and talk. That time was very stressful for her so I can imagine how Alice felt when her grandmother was trying to make them understand what she wanted.
Overall story was good and shows that we all have stressors in our lives….and we all have different coping mechanisms. Good story

United States on Sep 29, 2023

Lucy Lu Manner: Very interesting and well written perspective on WWII. How interesting to unveil yet another fascinating story about the World War II

United States on Sep 21, 2023

Kathy Fenlon: Painful story that shows the power of love. The story made me cry and made me smile. Very satisfying to read to the end.

United States on Sep 17, 2023

James Hastings: The story grabbed me and I had a hard time “not reading” when I needed to do something else! I can believe it really happened as told! It tugged at my heart for several personal reasons,

United States on Sep 16, 2023

Peaches: I have read dozens of books on WW2 as my father and uncles fought in it. But knew little of the Polish storyline. This story was beautiful from star
t to finish. Thank you may no one forget what was lost, suffered and survived.

United States on Sep 12, 2023

Zee: Enjoyed this story. The two different timeliness (such a popular style these days) made for some insight on two very different subjects - raising a child on the autism spectrum and plight of Poland in ww2.

Canada on Aug 25, 2023

Kindle Customer: This book kept your interest as you finished each chapter. It was a different angle of the previous holocaust books, a tender story of true love that endured horror and time

United Kingdom on Apr 23, 2023

David Winkler: Rarely have I been so engrossed in a book. This is a must-read … for a multitude of reasons. Important to remember the not so distant history of 1930’s - 1945. The affects on families. The current crisis of mental health issues and lack of understanding. The need for openness between generations. I have just found out at the age of 70 my mothers real name at birth (she was adopted as a 4 month old) and that I have biological 1st cousins so was able to relate personally to that part of the narrative. I have never been so moved by a book and couldn’t stop the tears from flowing during the last several chapters

United Kingdom on Feb 21, 2023

Yashi Sinha: Set in Poland during World War 2, this book is more than one more interesting story about Hitler's atrocities in Europe. What makes it a more worthwhile read is its sensitive handling of autism as the son of one of the two protagonists of the book is on the spectrum.

India on Feb 10, 2023

Angie67: After reading this book, one cannot help but compare the terrible invasion of Poland in 1939 with the senseless invasion taking place in Ukraine today. Perhaps that is why Poland is so ready to assist the refugees pouring into its country today, because the memory of what happened so long ago is still in everyone's mind.

Why don't we learn from our past mistakes?

Alina and Tomasz are childhood sweethearts. The night before he leaves for university in Warsaw, he proposes to her. But when her village of Trzebinia falls into Nazi hands, Alina doesn't know whether Tomasz is dead or alive.

The story is told in two timelines, both equally compelling. It is 2019 when Alice's Polish grandmother suffers a stroke and has little time to live. Unable to speak, she desperately conveys the urge to seek out Tomasz in Poland. But Tomasz was Alice's grandfather, who died last year. Is Grandma suffering from a memory lapse or is she hiding a bigger secret?

I absolutely loved this book. The characters were multi-layered and so imperfect that they seemed real. We follow Alice, who struggles with a young son with Asperger's Syndrome, a prodigy daughter and a work-addicted...

Italy on Mar 03, 2022