The Hiding Place is a must read. It is the true-life story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family in their watch shop in Holland right in the middle of the Holocaust. Corrie and her family were Christians assisting with the underground movement to save the Jews when the Holocaust reached over the German borders into Holland.
This book forces the reader to go back into the Holocaust and really look at what the people that lived in the Germany and Holland faced on a day-to-day basis. The Hiding Place causes you to look at the Holocaust through a different set of eyes; rather than merely observing from a distance, each page draws you in and causes you to feel that you are living in the horrid concentration camps in Germany alongside the Jews. I loved the way all through the book you are constantly reminded of God’s amazing love and unending grace despite circumstances that reminded you of Hell itself.
This is a book with almost a spellbinding effect. I couldn’t put it down. I had to know what was going to happen next. It mixes just the right amount of humor and anecdotes with the horribleness of the war to keep the reader with one hand poised to turn the page and see how this story will end.
Having also read this book, I can concur that your review is dead-on. I look forward to following your reading journey!
ReplyDeleteTrue. I read that book in the summer of 2007. I was riveted. It went beyond the human to the heart of man. Living out of our heart makes us who we are. Those sisters actions delineated and defined them.
ReplyDeleteThanks. This makes me want to start a blog...hmmm.