This story could not have come at a more important time. Given current politics, it is important to remember our history. It is important to not repeat our actions in wars past.
Heather Morris takes this story and weaves it in a heart wrenching way. This is the only book outside of The Diary of Anne Frank that reminds us that real people were affected by this. That real people died. And continue to do so as a result of a modern crusade. This book is important because we need to put names on tragedies to understand them. We need to see faces to understand death.
Lale is a man who may have been hated for cooperating. He was trying to survive, to ensure his lover survived. That strength of love, the power in love that grew under the worst possible circumstances saved them both.
Brilliantly told adaptation by Morris.
