A survivor of a Nazi concentration camp is unrecognizable after facial reconstruction, yet goes along with her husband's scheme to pose as the wife he believes is dead.
The passive mousiness of the main character, while perfectly forgivable and understandable of someone with such a past, nevertheless kept me at arm's length from the story. Just an ounce of extra spirit might have made the character more interesting and sympathetic and helped to fulfill the rich promise of the story. The ending is so good, though, that it left me fairly satisfied.
The passive mousiness of the main character, while perfectly forgivable and understandable of someone with such a past, nevertheless kept me at arm's length from the story. Just an ounce of extra spirit might have made the character more interesting and sympathetic and helped to fulfill the rich promise of the story. The ending is so good, though, that it left me fairly satisfied.