The Last Masterpiece Book Review

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Two young women take steps that will change their lives forever. One is an American from a low-income household and no apparent chance of improving her life. A friend convinces her to become a WAC and do something to help the war effort. Another is a young German girl who is doing her small part by taking pictures of the art that is being stored in the salt mines near her home. To keep her brother from being sent off, she volunteers to go toward the font line to help Germany save Italy’s art. Both women find new challenges and grow in ways they never imagined as they find themselves amidst air raids and gunfire.

I firmly believe that the views we have of situations, here it is WWII, usually remains set in how we were taught in school. We forget that there are different sides to conflicts and varied participants. Rarely, has the view from a WAC been presented to me. Never has the view from a German citizen who had been misled by her own government. That’s one of the main reasons that this book got my attention. It was a new perspective that was intriguing.