Sea Level Book

I won on GR's give-a-ways and was a bit disappointed. The synopsis was interesting, the book was not. It was a bit hard to follow, since the narrator changed often, and it was a bit confusing as to who was thinking and when someone was speaking.

This is the story of Amandine, a girl who was taken to a convent to be raised. Amandine at age 5 finds that she is an orphan and wants to find her mother. Set in 1930-1940's during World War II, there is some wartime details and how it must have been to live in Europe during that era. Amandine is a lovable character, she just can not seem to get a break in life. Much tragedy follows her. I could not help feeling sorry for her with the hopes that there would be a happy ending, and that she would find her mother.

I would have liked to rate this book higher, but it just did not read as I thought it would. A nice story line that did keep me reading in the hopes it would get better.