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Perfectly Ordinary People
Perfectly Ordinary People | Nick Alexander
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In occupied France, two people sacrificed everything. Now their granddaughter has come looking for the truth…
Ruth’s childhood was a happy one, and her family—on her mother’s side—large and loving. But her father’s French origins have always remained a mystery. Now, with aged relatives beginning to die, Ruth decides to research her father’s family before it’s too late.
When she discovers a series of long-lost cassettes, everything she thought she knew about them shatters. The tapes expose an unimaginable truth – an epic wartime story of hidden love and sacrifice, stretching back to occupied France.
These long-buried confessions will rock Ruth’s family—and finally piece together the puzzle of her father’s heritage. But are any of them ready for the truth?
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Parent-son-daughter issues, WW2, Holocaust, Homosexuality, Adoption, Abandonment, Survival ... to a life that's perfectly ordinary.

I was blown away by this book's issues and compassion. The writing style seems forced at times, but the time spent with the characters and the heart-wrenching story behind one family's disjointedness overrode that slight annoyance.

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Perfectly Ordinary People | Nick Alexander
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“Did I ever tell you the story about the man who replaced his guard dogs with wolves?“
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