Name: Elize van Heerden's review of The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero
Item: The Road Beyond Ruin
Rating: 5
Author: Elize van Heerden

Gemma Liviero

For some people in post-World War II Germany, the battle is not over. August 1945. As Stefano, an Italian POW, heads toward home across war-ravaged Germany, he encounters a young child beside his dead mother. Unable to leave him to an unknown fate, Stefano takes the boy with him, finding refuge in a seemingly abandoned house in a secluded woodland. But the house is far from vacant. Stefano wakes at the arrival of its owner, Erich, a former German soldier, who invites the travelers to stay until they can find safe passage home. Stefano cautiously agrees, intrigued by the disarming German, his reclusive neighbor Rosalind, and her traumatized husband, Georg. Stefano is also drawn to Monique, the girl in a photograph on Rosalind's wall, who went missing during the war. But when he discovers letters written by Monique, a darker truth emerges. This place of refuge could be one of reckoning, and the secrets of the past might prevent the travelers from ever getting home.

The Road Beyond Ruin

Elize van Heerden

It's the end of the second world war, everybody's lives is returning to normal, well as normal as it could. People are returning from concentration camps, and this is where we meet our main character. 
I loved how this book gave a different insight into the war story. Most focuses on getting the characters to survive the war, this one focused on how they are trying to find their new normal. With secrets that are uncovered. Definitely a great read

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