It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of their childhood.
As part of the experimental population of twins known as Mengele's Zoo, the girls experience privileges and horrors unknown to others, and they find themselves changed, stripped of the personalities they once shared, their identities altered by the burdens of guilt and pain.
I really wanted to like this book, I've read similar books based on this subject and really liked them but unfortunately this isn't one of them. I felt that it was really bland and I wasn't connected to the characters.
As part of the experimental population of twins known as Mengele's Zoo, the girls experience privileges and horrors unknown to others, and they find themselves changed, stripped of the personalities they once shared, their identities altered by the burdens of guilt and pain.
I really wanted to like this book, I've read similar books based on this subject and really liked them but unfortunately this isn't one of them. I felt that it was really bland and I wasn't connected to the characters.