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Far from a 'happily ever after' story, the novel delves into the impact that the abuse had on Daniela. While she feels herself defiled and degraded by her rapists, and imagines herself unworthy of ever being loved again, the Jewish partisans try to convince her otherwise. What was important, they told her, was that she survived. Only her former captors bear blame and the shame, not her. However accepting they are, that does not prevent Daniela from suffering from what today we recognize as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Her tortured dreams are lurid. The world today knows how dramatically soldiers suffer from their memories of battle and the unspeakable agony and bloodshed they saw all around them. The world also needs to recognize that sexually brutalized women also are irreparably traumatized.-San Diego Jewish World
The historical relevance to current events makes it worthwhile reading for those interested in learning more about Romania during WWII.-Historical Novel Society