Bone and Blood
Bone and Blood by Margo Gorman is a fascinating historical novel with a narrative set in Berlin of 2005 during which events sixty years prior to this are slowly uncovered. Aisling, the contemporary protagonist, is an Irish woman who flies to Berlin for a family funeral. There she finds unsent letters and information relating to her grand-aunt’s time in a labour camp for foreigners in Nazi Germany.
It is a lesser known area of history with little exposure in literature so far and will certainly be of interest to many readers. The historical details are accurate and paint a good picture of the time and place and there is good character development and much reflection.
Personally, I must admit that I found the narrative structure distracting, despite there being undisputed gains for the story. The book benefits however from strong writing and editing and has a wonderful cover.
