This month we are reviewing the book Far to Go by Alison Pick
Far to Go by Alison Pick
Pavel and Anneliese Bauer are affluent, secular Jews, whose lives are turned upside down by the arrival of the German forces. Desperate to avoid deportation, the Bauers flee to Prague with their six-year-old son, Pepik, and his beloved nanny, Marta. Pepik manages to secure a place on a Kindertransport, but he never sees his parents or Marta again. And it is through the fascinating present-day strand in the story that the unexpected fates of each of the Bauers is slowly revealed.
Inspired by the harrowing journey Alison Pick’s own grandparents embarked upon from their native Czechoslovakia to Canada during the Second World War, Far to Go is an epic historical novel that traces one family’s journey through these tumultuous and traumatic events.
Reviews
“This novel failed to grab me. The setting is pre-World War II Czechslovakia. The story stumbles along jumping between past told by Marta, the housekeeper and present by an unidentified narrator. The only thing that saves this story is Alison Picks vivid prose.” – Review by Shirley
Book of the Month
Every month we will be featuring a new book to be showcased in our Book of the Month. Staff members and friends will be reading the book and posting their reviews. We’d love to hear what you thought of these books as well. Post your comments and let us know.
Far to Go is available at London Drugs along with many other great titles and is on sale for the month of July.
