The Girl With No Name

I really enjoyed this historical read. It was an interesting story and I loved that it had a dual timeline with several characters point of view told throughout the book. I loved the idea behind the story and it was gripping, I read it really quickly

I was not part of occupied France in World War II. Nevertheless, I felt like I was surrounded by the light, the smells and the sounds of the era. The author did a superb job of putting up the wallpaper to support the plot. The plot centers on a young girl who appears in a French village with no idea of her name or how she arrived, beyond running through a wood. A police officer is tasked with discovering her name and her story. We discover it along with them, though we glimpse parts of the picture before it all emerges.
The author makes abrupt changes in time and view with each chapter but the titles help keep it straight. The characters are largely sympathetic and believable, with a few stereotypical cutouts.
The ending left me disappointed, not in the facts of it but its abruptness. I felt that the author wanted to wrap it up and do it quickly. Maybe the richness of the earlier threads just made the end taste thin by comparison. Maybe I was just not ready to say goodbye to these characters. That said, I heartily recommend the book and will look for future titles.

An interesting book set at the end of WW2 when a young girl is found in a French village, but she does not know her name or how she arrived. A young police man is concerned about how she came and why no one has reported her missing. her story then goes back to show what happened to her and her family. Enjoyed this story and had to keep reading to find out what had happened.