Saturday, January 31, 2009

Favorite Book So Far This Year: Resistance


Published in English for the first time last fall, Resistance is Agnes Humbert's first person account of her work in the French Resistance, her subsequent arrest, forced labor in German work camps, and work with the American troops bringing Nazis and collaborators to justice after the war. It's a vivid, searing account of hell that I could not put down—I read the book all in one day.

Lately, I've been depressed and obsessed about my dwindling savings and bank balance...reading this book put everything back in perspective for me.

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