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A childhood spent in occupied France. Life, school life trying to be as normal as possible. Having to adapt to armed, uniformed, foreign soldiers marching down the street, the sound of jackboots, new street signs, hearing a different language being spoken. Becoming part of a new regime, approved by some, hated by others. A new French capital:
Vichy. A father figure in the background:
Marshal Petain. The disappearance of the Republican principles and motto:
liberty, equality, fraternity. Armistice, collaboration, demarcation line, black market, curfew. This book looks at what it was all about.
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Barbara Cohen
reviewed Shadow over Our Days on February 21, 2008
Shadow over Our Days
I almost gave this book four stars because it was very well-written and evocative. But I just never felt much of a connection to the book or to any of the characters. The author's writing skill made it a pleasant enough read - at least, pleasant enough to finish. But it definitely wasn't a can't-put-it-down kind of book.
If I had to give concrete criticisms of the book, the main one would be that she doesn't develop any characters outside of her immediately family (in fact, it seemed her family didn't have any substantial relationships with anyone, other than each other), and even those characters could use a bit more context. (Why were they in Africa? I mean, what really motivated them to keep slogging it out in Africa, really? Where did their racism come from? How did she feel about their racism? How did her parents meet and what ties did either of them have to Africa before deciding to raise their kids there? What motivated them to raise children in a country in which a civil war was raging?)
On the other hand, she writes terrific dialogue and her sensory descriptions of Africa made me feel like I was there.
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