thanks for the recco - I think that’ll be the starter for my winter book club. Great title.

I am going to get it tonight after reading this! So there is one person

I’m reading it just now. I loved About Grace.

Just put it on hold at the library. Thanks!

I’d counter with Wendy Lower’s “Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields”. She really breaks down how much people knew and how much they participated - so while they might not have been the ones pulling the triggers or turning on the gas, there were secretaries who went through stacks of files and…

Loved it. It stayed with me for weeks after I finished it.

I know that the Germans have been vigilant in prosecuting Nazi crimes. And are aggressive in combating anti-semitism. But the overall wave of hatred in Europe makes me feel that they need to pursue this trial, if only as a reminder. Within a few years all the victims: Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies*, and dissenters will…

Just bought it on Google - thanks for the recommendation :)

Thanks for the tip. I bought it and “Ordinary Men”

When I was a kid, I would read every single book that touched on the Holocaust. I was fascinated by Anne Frank, The Devil’s Arithmetic, Jacob’s Rescue, Number The Stars...

Shit happens and sometimes, it happens to you.

I loved that book. So beautiful and haunting.

That book was FANTASTIC. Seconding the recommendation.

TL;DR

He was 1000% right.

I hope his face gets pregnant with a brain tumor.

I never spoke to her again. She was notoriously cheap in college and it was like squeezing blood out of a rock to get her fair share of beer and pizza money. That was the cherry on top and I decided, in the end, it was a small price to pay for not having to be shaken down every time I see her for the rest of my life.…

Hmm… it seems pretty clear that the people working on this were given an edict to evoke Let It Go without being overt about it. The way any of us react to something like this is understandably subjective, and while reasonable people can differ about how successful they were about not directly plagiarizing, my personal…