Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, 2016
A New York socialite, a Polish teenager, and a German doctor are bound by wartime choices in this novel of courage and its aftermath.
Martha Hall Kelly
Martha Hall Kelly found the seed of the novel in Caroline Ferriday, a real New York socialite who sent aid to French orphans and later Ravensbrück survivors.
Feels like war, hope and dread.
The consolation a parent leaves behind: a flower that needs winter to bloom.
Caroline wiped her cheek with the back of her gardening glove, leaving a dark smudge below one eye, then pulled off her gloves.‘But it’s fitting in a way - Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.’Caroline reached over and smoothed the hair back from my brow with a light touch. How many times had my mother done that? ‘It’s a miracle all of this beauty emerges after such hardship, don’t you think? Books by Martha Hall Kelly
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