The Most Precious of Cargoes

well this is a very written short book, that is unbearably sad but then again, it\’s the plague time right now and we can see that people have suffered in the past

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I am not sure what age this book would be suited for. I enjoyed the book and the story drew me in and I completed it in one day. It is a quick read. I felt for the woodcutter husband and wife and I love the way the child came to them. There was violence in this book but it was the holocaust. I think this book might be great for middle schools required reading. It tells the true story of the war in a way of a novel that is quick to draw you in. It is also a story of \”changed\” hearts and deep love in the midst of terrible times.

This is a short story/fairytale about a woman who lives in a forest and adopts and rescues a Jewish child bound for a death camp in World War 2. This was an interesting and different story set amongst the historical horrors of the Holocaust. I enjoyed the originality and the writing style of this book. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this Arc.

This fable for adults begins with a husband and wife, and a baby girl, but first there are the years of hunger from the World War, and the poverty, the lack of food, the bitter winters. They had no children, and while the wife grieved over this, but the husband considered it a blessing. And then, almost a miracle, as a train passes, a baby girl falls from the train, thrown by her father who has wrapped her in a beautiful prayer shawl, knowing where he, his wife, and their boy, the twin of this girl, were headed. He watches, as the woman drops to her knees for the gift he has given her. The wife believes this is a sign that her prayers have been fulfilled; but the dangers it could bring them cause her husband alarm. There’s much more to this story, but it deserves to be read, and not just read about. Others have said that this is shared like a fairy tale, which seems especially true if you’ve ever read the real versions and not the ones who have been Disneyfied. There is a small element of this that reminded me a bit of Ivey Eowyn’s The Snow Child, the mother desperate for a child, the fairy tale aura of the story, the lovely prose, and the background of a brutal setting. It was well worth my time to read to read this 96-page fable, and, after, the appendix, which includes a note about the real story that motivated the author to write this. To me, stories about the Holocaust seem even more important these days, with the news of late being filled with unnecessary violence, criminal acts, murders, are being committed by those holding power, and not enough being done to prevent it from happening again. Published: 29 Sept 2020 Many thanks for the ARC provided by HarperVia

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