Suggest me a book to help me feel better after reading about Auschwitz.
I've just finished reading Night by Elie Wiesel and it's kind of fucked me up a bit. I'm in need of a read that'll restore my faith in humanity and make me feel a little better about people.
Britt Marie Was Here or A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman are good choices if you want a story about how people are flawed but we can love each and be good to other anyway.
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Rescue in Denmark by Harold Flender.
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Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
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Schindlers List also published under the title of Schindler’s Ark. The book but the film was excellent. He was a German who used his business to keep Jewish prisoners out of the gas chambers. Went so far as creating a fake munitions factory that never produced a live round.
The part I found interesting is that both before and after the war he was in many way a deeply flawed individual. Constant adultery, bribing and scheming his way through multiple failed businesses. Deeply selfish but charismatic. And yet, he saved thousands of lives.
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Just want to add, hopefully someday you can return to the trilogy that “Night” started. “Dawn” and “Day” are about what happens after, how people who experienced the Holocaust try to continue their lives afterward. “Dawn” and “Day” are both fiction, unlike “Night.”
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“A Psalm for the Wild-Built” by Becky Chambers is one of the most heartwarming books I’ve read in a while. Very quick read too.
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Britt Marie Was Here or A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman are good choices if you want a story about how people are flawed but we can love each and be good to other anyway.
Rescue in Denmark by Harold Flender.
Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
Schindlers List also published under the title of Schindler’s Ark. The book but the film was excellent. He was a German who used his business to keep Jewish prisoners out of the gas chambers. Went so far as creating a fake munitions factory that never produced a live round.
The part I found interesting is that both before and after the war he was in many way a deeply flawed individual. Constant adultery, bribing and scheming his way through multiple failed businesses. Deeply selfish but charismatic. And yet, he saved thousands of lives.
Just want to add, hopefully someday you can return to the trilogy that “Night” started. “Dawn” and “Day” are about what happens after, how people who experienced the Holocaust try to continue their lives afterward. “Dawn” and “Day” are both fiction, unlike “Night.”
“A Psalm for the Wild-Built” by Becky Chambers is one of the most heartwarming books I’ve read in a while. Very quick read too.