THE GIRL WITH THE RED RIBBON

MY THOUGHTS:

1939, Poland: World War II has begun and the Nazis are carrying out their orders.  They are approaching Poland without notice and people are fearing for their lives.  As they arrive at Ania’s house, she is the only one that flees.  She hides nearby and hears the cry’s of her family as they are taken away by the Nazis.  In that one moment Ania’s life had changed forever and will never be the same.  As she is trying to find a safe place to go, she comes across a group of others in her same situation.  Ania vows to destroy those that took her family from her.  She will stop at nothing to make sure they pay for what they did, not just to her and her family but to the thousands of innocent people they killed.

The Girl With The Red Ribbon, written by author Carly Schabowski is a phenomenal story of loss, love of family and surviving the worst of times.  I read this book as the tears flowed down my face, and my heart broke for Ania and her family.  This was such a horrible time and I am always amazed at the strength and resilience of those that endured life during this time.  Families ripped apart and still relentlessly helped those around them survive.  This unputdownable book is one that needs to be read with a box of Kleenex by your side.  Schabowski is a phenomenal author that draws the reader in to the story and never lets you go.  This wonderful book inspired by true events is one that I highly recommend. 

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

DESCRIPTION:

THE GIRL WITH THE RED RIBBON

Author: Carly Schabowski

Publisher: Boldwood Books
Publication Date: November 4, 2024
Pages: 314 
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1939, Poland: The teenage girl hears the gunshots before she sees the Nazis approach her home. Ania’s family don’t have time to run, but she does. Hiding nearby, she listens to her sister’s screams, as she strokes the red ribbon she keeps tied around her wrist and begins to plot her revenge…

When she comes across a group of misfits all rejected by the resistance, Ania realizes she alone has the power to unite them. Together, these outcasts will help her destroy each and every one of the people who took everything from her. Starting with a near-impossible plan to liberate prisoners from the notoriously brutal Lublin concentration camp…

The Nazis have no idea what – or who – they are up against. And they’re about to discover that nobody should cross a woman who has nothing to lose.

ABOUT CARLY SCHABOWSKI

Carly Schabowski worked as a journalist in both North   Cyprus and Australia before returning to Oxford, where she studied for an MA and then a PhD in creative writing at Oxford Brookes University. Carly now teaches at Oxford Brookes University as an associate lecturer in Creative Writing for first and second-year English literature students.

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