#monicahesse

[libraryinthecountry]

Do you like to read outside?⁣ ⁣ _________________________________________⁣ ⁣ Germany, 1945.⁣ ⁣ The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal; her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else--her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja--they went left.⁣ ⁣ They Went Left is a raw, powerful and emotional story of a young woman trying to piece her life together in the aftermath of the concentration camps.⁣ ⁣ Thank you to @thenovl for sending me a copy of the book and teaming up with me for a great giveaway! Check out how to enter below:⁣ ⁣ GIVEAWAY⁣ Enter to win a signed Hardcover copy of They Went Left⁣ ⁣ TO ENTER⁣ - follow me, @thenovl and @storygramtours    ⁣ - tag a friend you think will be interested⁣ ⁣ For EXTRA entry⁣ - visit @bibliophilic_ferret’s account tomorrow and repeat these steps⁣ ⁣ RULES⁣ - Giveaway will ‪end April 20th at midnight‬ EST⁣ - US ONLY⁣ - not affiliated with Instagram⁣ -must be 18 or have parents permission⁣ -must be a public account so I can verify entries⁣ ⁣ #TheyWentLefttour #TheyWentLeft #MonicaHesse  #thenovl #storygramtours #bookstagram #igreads #booknerd #bookworm #bookphotography #bibliophile #booklover #bookaddict #instareads #bookblogger #bookobsessed #readersofinstagram #bookish #beautifulbooks #booktag #prettybooks #goodreads #bookdragon #myfavoritethings #seeingthepretty #simplethingsmadebeautiful #bookfeature https://www.instagram.com/p/B_GAIgFg-Ps/?igshid=fxrxkxd4yf51

[libraryinthecountry]

Do you like to read outside?⁣ ⁣ __________________________________________⁣ ⁣ Germany, 1945.⁣ ⁣ The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal; her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else--her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja--they went left.⁣ ⁣ They Went Left is a raw, powerful and emotional story of a young woman trying to piece her life together in the aftermath of the concentration camps.⁣ ⁣ Thank you to @thenovl for sending me a copy of the book and teaming up with me for a great giveaway! Check out how to enter below:⁣ ⁣ GIVEAWAY⁣ Enter to win a signed Hardcover copy of They Went Left⁣ ⁣ TO ENTER⁣ - follow me, @thenovl and @storygramtours    ⁣ - tag a friend you think will be interested⁣ ⁣ For EXTRA entry⁣ - visit @bibliophilic_ferret’s account tomorrow and repeat these steps⁣ ⁣ RULES⁣ - Giveaway will ‪end April 20th at midnight‬ EST⁣ - US ONLY⁣ - not affiliated with Instagram⁣ -must be 18 or have parents permission⁣ -must be a public account so I can verify entries⁣ ⁣ #TheyWentLefttour #TheyWentLeft #MonicaHesse  #thenovl #storygramtours #bookstagram #igreads #booknerd #bookworm #bookphotography #bibliophile #booklover #bookaddict #instareads #bookblogger #bookobsessed #readersofinstagram #bookish #beautifulbooks #booktag #prettybooks #goodreads #bookdragon #myfavoritethings #seeingthepretty #simplethingsmadebeautiful #bookfeature https://www.instagram.com/p/B_F-oYXg_zb/?igshid=amm1j4wvfw7o

[natreviewsbooks]

Sorry for dropping off! I had a family emergency this past week, but I'm home now! I'll announce the winner of the book giveaway in a couple of hours! Thanks to all who entered the Tumblr giveaway or the Instagram giveaway! Happy Friday everyone!! I'm loving these two stories! The War Outside by Monica Hesse was an amazingly bittersweet tale of friendship, love, betrayal, and overcoming hardships in a time of prejudice and fear. Amber & Dusk by Lyra Selene features a girl who know she deserves more than she has, and sets off on a journey to prove it. #bookstgram #bookish #yabooks #thewaroutside #monicahesse #history #historical #fiction #yafiction #yafantasy #bookdragon #booknerdigans #mybookishfeatures #bookgiveaway #girl #power #bookphotography #booklover #tgif #october #bookishpost https://www.instagram.com/p/Boj2Qu6FHo3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10nc03z0muuc9

[naopanride-blog]

Girl in the Blue Coat

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

Genre & setting: Historical fiction, 1943 (WW2) in Holland.

*weirdly enough I don’t own “Girl in the Blue Coat”. This is just a crappy review of it. All credits go to Monica Hesse and Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Okay here’s a basic synopsis that I didn't copy straight from the back of the book surprisingly lol: An eighteen-year-old girl by the name of Henneke, is a trader who exchanges luxury items, like cigarettes and food, through the black market to the people of Amsterdam through the rations of the dead. She is a hard-working girl, keeping her secret black market business running, ensuring that her family will always have good food on the table, and on top of it all, she also grieves for her lost lover, Bas, who died when the Germans first invaded Holland. 

One day on her usual trek of deliveries, one of her clients, Mrs. Janssen, begs Hanneke to help her find a young Jewish girl that she had been harboring from the German soldier's capture who had disappeared out of the blue. Hanneke agrees to assist, cautiously. On her journey to find this young girl with the blue coat, she goes through many trials and errors and Hanneke has very eye-opening experiences she never would have gotten otherwise.

My review cause I dunno maybe someone will care: Okay I really enjoyed this book. It wasn't necessarily a long read, about four to five hours, I’d say. The writing is just about what I like. The setting definitely is lovely. The story is very intriguing, though I did predict how most of it would play out pretty early. But that's alright. I am still very satisfied with this novel. The characters are well written, and there is a good difference between all of them. My favorite characters were Ollie & Mrs. de Vries. I highly recommend anyone who is into mystery/missing person young adult books. Overall, I’m going to give this book a good seven and a half out of ten blue coats. lkgnrgeigwrgorgbp. Next up should be Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Or maybe The Metamorphosis. I dunno kay Naopan out.

[michellejedwards]

Sunday morning on the screen porch. Linen and literature, both highly recommended. #linen #sunday #thewaroutside #monicahesse #screenporch #strathconascarf #janerichardspatterns

[lollypopliz4]

Word: Attached (1/19) Do you ever mentally attach books to each other? Even when you know it doesn't make much sense for them to be in a group together? This summer I bought The Girls (by Emma Cline), Girls On Fire (by Robin Wasserman), and Girl in the Blue Coat (by Monica Hesse) around the same time. Since then they have been inexplicably attached in my mind. Maybe because of the word "girl" in the title, maybe the time they were bought, I'm not sure. #justonewordbookphotochallenge #attached #girlinthebluecoat #monicahesse #girlsonfire #robinwasserman #thegirls #emmacline #girl #together

[readingwithwrin]

Day 30 #bookishuniversejuly17 Was not expecting such a twist with the missing girl as we discover at the end. Just wow. . . . . . #bookphoto #girlinthebluecoat #monicahesse #littlebrownandcompany #littlebrownforyoungreaders

[spartyliblover]

Sneaking in a panel before it's back to work. Excited for this historical fiction and nonfiction pannel! #teenbookcon #jenniferdonnelly #monicahesse #katherinehowe #rutasepetys #stevesheinkin (at Teen Book Con)