Book Recommendation - Things We Didn't Say
Amy Lynn Green is a "new to me" author, but she's one I'm definitely glad I took a chance on. Her debut novel, Things We Didn't Say, is nothing short of spectacular. It's written in epistolary form (letters, notes, telegrams), but she tells the story well within that format, so don't let that deter you! This book takes place during WWII. Main character Johanna is a bright language student, fluent in 5 languages, looking to go to Oxford after college to translate the classics. When her hometown contacts her to be a translator for the German POW camp that is setting up there, she turns them down. But circumstances don't go her way and she eventually takes the job. What happens in the months there change everything - for both Johanna and her small hometown. This was an excellent story with redemptive themes, a solid faith thread, and characters that you can't help cheering for. I laughed a great deal during the reading of this book and also shed mor