March Bibliobabbler: Resistance by Owen Sheers

March 9, 2010 – Discussion led by Karen Burke

The next meeting of Bibliobabblers features a provocative debut novel. In a remote and rugged Welsh valley in 1944, in the wake of a German invasion, all the men have disappeared overnight, apparently to join the underground resistance. Their abandoned wives, a tiny group of farm women, are soon trapped in the valley by an unusually harsh winter—along with a handful of war-weary German soldiers on a secret mission. The need to survive drives the soldiers and the women into uneasy relationships that test both their personal and national loyalties. But when the snow finally melts, bringing them back into contact with the war that has been raging beyond their mountains, they must face the dramatic consequences of their choices. This book begs the question – How would YOU react to an enemy invasion?

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