Reviews for Sisters in the Resistance: How Women Fought to Free France, 1940-1945

The average rating for Sisters in the Resistance: How Women Fought to Free France, 1940-1945 based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-06 00:00:00 Douglas Dilling The writing (or editing) was two stars - distracting due to many acronyms that are repeatedly defined and translated from French throughout the book (defeating the purpose of an acronym), references to other books and movies, etc. References were parenthetical, footnoted, and numerical, when I think the readability would have been much smoother with numerical references that didn't disrupt the flow. I found the italics for emphasis throughout the book to be unnecessary, particularly in concert with italics for French words. Nevertheless, the women's stories, however brief at times, were fascinating, compelling, and moving. I'm impressed once again with the efforts made by women (including teenagers) to fight back against invasion in ways they never dreamed of in their former social order. They rose to the challenge, and Weitz ably highlights their efforts.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-11-20 00:00:00 Brenda Allen this is a great book. it jumps around a lot in timelines and locations which makes it a little hard to follow. the book helped me put my ancestors' involvement in the movement in perspective (they were really lucky to make it through relatively unscathed after quite a lot of covert involvement).