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A Thread of Grace

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A Thread of Grace is a wonderful touching story centering on the violent tormented stories of a varied cast of characters in Northern Italy during the German occupation. The author's superb writing style (I loved The Sparrow)carrys the novel forward with wonderfully developed characters and a fast paced rivetting plot grounded firmly in the true story of the valiant efforts of Italian partisans to save the lives of thousands of Jewish refugees from 1943 to 1945. Funny, poignant, tragic, fascinating this is top-notch historical fiction. Great novel!

I guess I'm a fairly late-comer to Mary Doria Russell's work, but I thought this book was amazing. Yes, there were lots of characters of all ages and nationalities, lots of locations (mostly in Italy), but Russell made everything (and everybody) come alive through her writing.

I'm not into science fiction, so I'll probably not read her two first books, but I've already ordered (and am looking forward to reading) her fourth book, about the Middle East in the early '20's.

And, even though there were not too many characters in "Thread" left alive at the end of the book, I'd be interested if she wrote a sequel.
That's the mark of a good novelist. She leaves the reader wanting to always know "more" about her story and people.