Quarantine reads
While World War II ended 75 years ago, this COVID 19 pandemic may feel like war for some people. We can only leave home to buy necessities or go for a walk, jog, bike ride to clear our head. There is no limit on distance for these last activities here in Belgium. But this cabin fever and the images of hoarding and even fighting in some supermarkets is enough for some to draw the parallel with curfews and food shortages during the war.
However there are no bombs falling, no people are rounded up and send to concentration camps and we don’t need food stamps for our necessities.
So to avoid boredom and to put this quarantine in perspective I love to read WWII fiction and non-fiction.
The following books are highly recommended:
- The Rabbit Girls by Anna Ellory https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44786624-the-rabbit-girls
- Wunderland: a novel by Jennifer Cody Epstein https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41109407-wunderland
- The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42201870-the-winemaker-s-wife
Than there are 2 books with the same theme that I read before the self-isolation started and were really captivating and worth a share:
- My Name is Eva by Suzanne Goldring https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51848253-my-name-is-eva
- The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285117-the-dressmaker-s-gift
There are others waiting on my Kindle, but feel free to share your recommendations for other reads or your thoughts on the books I listed in the comments.
