Do I Even Know You?
I've heard so many good things about Pam Jenoff's The Diplomat's Wife and it's predecessor, The Kommandant's Girl , but I've never felt like reading either for some odd reason. Both are set during my favorite time, WWII, and both are books that I would probably like. Why wouldn't I want to read them? Well, I finally remedied this conundrum, though probably backwards from how I should have done so. I found a copy of The Diplomat's Wife for two dollars in a used bookstore some time back and picked it up (I mean, it was ONLY two dollars). Now I can say that I'm really glad I did! Diplomat follows the trials and tribulations of Marta Nederman after the war has come to an end. She's been rescued from the Dachau concentration camp by an American soldier, Paul Mattison, and placed in a DP hospital in Switzerland. Though she doesn't know it at the time, this chance meeting with Paul will shape her life in ways she never could have imagin...