Thursday, July 20, 2023

Book Review: "Only The Beautiful" By Susan Meissner

 



Thought provoking, powerful, and fully immersive this book has it all!

You'll be taken back to another time in which being empathetic and sympathetic was a different form of human experience than it is now.
However, you feel about eugenics program with Hitler this book will have you questioning the concept and the cruelty that was associated with anyone who was seen as different.

Rosie and Helen are the two main characters from opposite ends of the spectrum. Rose had special powers as a maid and during said time became pregnant at a young age while Helen was a nanny experiencing some of the atrocities mentioned above.

What we have combined is a moving and gut wrenching story that presents us with choices, freedoms, and the rights that many of us today take for granted all around the world.

If we're not careful this can and will happen again and so we must stay vigilant but not hyper in the quest to not be overpowered by those on the far sides of either aisle.

Nazi's sterilized individuals in hospitals (psych wards) and the sadness only seemed to escalate.

What readers are provided is a glimpse into the life of Rosanne and Helen during this time of unspeakable actions and how the true colors finally shined through.

Love is a color that not everyone can see...

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