A unique perspective of World War II. Astrid Lindgren kept diaries of her perspective of the war while at home in Sweden, with her own personal thoughts/ feelings and newspaper clippings. Sweden did its best to stay neutral during the war, but even they had to deal with rationing and preparing for evacuation if war did strike, even if it meant being looked down on by neighboring countries. Lindgren's views are very personal and draws the reader to feel what she is feeling while she is writing or the clippings placed in the journal.
I received a digitial ARC from Yale University Press and NetGalley for an honest review.
I feel that not having the full clippings and excepts from censor letters, only having slight description, led to not getting the full feeling of what Astrid was trying to portray, but for an ARC it was amazing! I am also fairly sure that when making the diaries, she was not thinking about having them published.
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