Lilac Girls

by Martha Hall Kelly

First published 2016

In 1939, the lives of a New York socialite, a Polish teenager, and a German doctor intersect as Hitler's army invades Europe. Caroline Ferriday navigates shifting political alliances to aid the French resistance, while Kasia Kuzmerick is drawn into a dangerous underground network. Their fates converge at Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women, where they must fight for survival and seek justice for those the world has forgotten.

Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, world-war-ii, family-drama

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family

Setting: Europe, Poland, New York

Period: 1939-1945, WWII

487 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books

Content warnings: violence, war

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