Salt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Salt to the Sea is told through multiple perspectives by character Joanna, Florian, Emilia & Alfred. Joanna is a young and beautiful Lituanian trying to make her way to boats to escape the Germans and Russians during World War II. Florian, a Prussian, and Emilia a young pregnant Polish girl end up joining Emilia and her group of refugees by accident. Together this group survive through harsh conditions and finally arrive upon the Wilhem Gusthoff. While their story is being told, Alfred's letters to his beloved Hannahlore are intermingled. The group finally make way to the ship and they meet Alfred the German soldier.
I enjoyed this book because I haven't read anything like it involving people from different countries all striving for the same thing. I also wasn't aware of the Wilhelm Gusthoff being one of the greatest boat tragedies.
This book is available in the LV IMC.
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