Had the novel focused more on the underground Resistance network and less on the romance, it would have been much more enjoyable. Turner offers practical advice for the decision-making process – from other people’s unsolicited opinions to registering the name. I had no idea how the author would manage not to break my heart completely but she totally accomplished that feat.

Despite being warned about a roundup of Jewish people Eva’s parents believe they are safe and one night during a raid only Tatus is taken into custody. Paris 1942, Eva lives happily with her mother Faiga and father Tatus, once the German’s arrive every day life is made more difficult for Jewish citizens and living in Paris is very hard. Our mission will be much more challenging, but also much more important and vital,” Dayan said of the coming era when no survivors remain. He was tired of Titus having the only cipher to read the Language of Adam and tried to develop his own from the stolen pages. I did have trouble with the naivety of twenty three year old Eva when she first has to flee her home.Kirkus Reviews""Relentless and riveting, The Book of Names speeds you across continents and centuries in the ultimate seductive read. She has appeared on Good Morning America and numerous local television morning shows--and even stumbled into a role as an extra in the 2003 American Idol movie while awaiting an interview with Kelly Clarkson. It was held in the Sanctuary of Dublin but at the end of the first book, Stephanie caught a glimpse of her three names in the book moments before detective Skulduggery Pleasant used the book as a shield from the Sceptre of the Ancients. Now that it is 65 years later she hopes to help find the children and let them know their real names.

I know I'm going against the grain here, but I'm afraid, for me at least, this novel doesn't deserve more than 2 stars.Meanwhile, the work of recovering the unknown victims’ names will continue apace, as it has for the last seven decades. When Yad Vashem was created in 1953 on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Mount of Remembrance to commemorate the Holocaust, its founders understood that one of the central functions of the institution would be to document the names of the 6 million Jewish victims. Best Baby Names 2021 is our pick not only for being so recently released and inviting to look at, but because it is consistently clear and neat throughout and because Thomas has written a lengthy introduction which will be especially useful for first-time parents. As always I'm trying to find books about WWII that are interesting to read and have a fair bit of reality in them.