Salt to the Sea

“Nature. That was somathing the war couldn't take from me either. The Nazis couldn't stop the wind and the snow. The Russians couldn't take the sun or the stars.”

Such an important story to be told and such a beautiful way to tell it. I am really glad I picked this one up at the moment I did, it helped me get through some things.

The story was beautifully haunting and also so touching and sad and the characters and their stories felt so real.

I am really grateful that Ruta Sepetys shone a light on this segment of history that were only thought to me in a classroom. Before picking up this book, I always felt like watching a movie or reading a book set in the WWII time period in Europe would be too painful to experience.

I was right but also wrong. Some of the things the characters lived through were very hard to read about but the resilence, strengh, solidarity and humanity that shone through were beautiful. And this is the soul of this book, of these stories.

I would absolutely recommend this book.