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booklvrkat's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
hectaizani's review
4.0
Gritty and emotional short story about the women in a WWII concentration camp who conspired to hide a pregnancy and birth. Not entirely satisfying but still very strong.
stevencard's review
4.0
Quick read. Maybe my head was in the wrong place, or it's because I read it on two or three sittings versus just one, but I had to reread the ending with the beginning one more time to fully understand it was that I read. Slightly confusing.
That said, the story is well written and thought provoking. Made me think of that side of the holocaust and the horror of it. Gotta ponder now. Heavy content
That said, the story is well written and thought provoking. Made me think of that side of the holocaust and the horror of it. Gotta ponder now. Heavy content
tsquare345's review
4.0
Heartstrings pulled, tears wiped away. Damn, so much packed into this short story. Part of the Kindle Unlimited catalog.
anyagt's review against another edition
3.0
Short but moving, the story unfolds through the letters from an aunt to her niece, both prisoners at the Ravensbrück concentration camp during World War II. Aldona is born in the concentration camp, her mother conceals the pregnancy from the brutal guards and officials who run the camp, with the selfless support of other women. It’s a story of hope and love during a time of immense human cruelty.
marilynw's review
4.0
Naomi's Gift (A Point in Time #1)
by Martha Hall Kelly (Author) narrated by Nina Yndis
I've already read three novels by Martha Hall Kelly and plan to read another book of hers soon. This short story has a connection to the upcoming book and this was a good time for me to listen to it. The phrase, "there is good news and there is bad news" is used in the story and I felt that phrase as I listened to this story. The bad news is the horror Ravensbrück, a women’s concentration camp in northern Germany. The good news is that the sacrifices of many allowed a few children to survive that horror.
Fictional Aldona uses the time of her mother's death to finally open a tin that her mother would never allow her to open. That tin contains words that free Aldona to be the person of her birth. I wish we could know what happens after this short story ends. I know there is a book in that story and I'd like to read it.
A Point in Time, a transporting collection of stories about the pivotal moments, past and present, that change lives. This has been a Kindle Unlimited audiobook selection.
by Martha Hall Kelly (Author) narrated by Nina Yndis
I've already read three novels by Martha Hall Kelly and plan to read another book of hers soon. This short story has a connection to the upcoming book and this was a good time for me to listen to it. The phrase, "there is good news and there is bad news" is used in the story and I felt that phrase as I listened to this story. The bad news is the horror Ravensbrück, a women’s concentration camp in northern Germany. The good news is that the sacrifices of many allowed a few children to survive that horror.
Fictional Aldona uses the time of her mother's death to finally open a tin that her mother would never allow her to open. That tin contains words that free Aldona to be the person of her birth. I wish we could know what happens after this short story ends. I know there is a book in that story and I'd like to read it.
A Point in Time, a transporting collection of stories about the pivotal moments, past and present, that change lives. This has been a Kindle Unlimited audiobook selection.
rconway816's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book is very reflective of war times and what prisoners went through. Especially captured women
deecreatenola's review
4.0
I really wanted to review the A Point in Time collection as one book, but that's not how it's set up, unfortunately. The whole collection is great and I loved almost all of the stories. This one was very good, about women in a Nazi concentration camp, one of whom is pregnant.
constantreader471's review
4.0
This is a short, bittersweet story of survival in a German concentration camp for women during WWII. It is written in the form of letters to a baby born in secret, because the guards killed any babies born in the camp. It can be read in a single sitting, since it is only 52 pages long. It was an Amazon prime book. I rate it 4 stars and recommend to fans of the author and historical fiction.
mnboyer's review against another edition
4.0
Disclaimer: World War II, Nazi Germany, death camps -- it is dark for a short story.
A woman, Naomi, is in a Jewish concentration camp in Hitler's war. She shares some wonderful news with her sister, who is there also -- she is pregnant. It should be happy news, but they're still in a concentration camp. They can see the gas chambers and they can see the smokestacks constantly billowing smoke. It is not a great situation (it is perhaps one of the darkest moments in human history).
The first thing that is suggested by other women in the bunks, even the doctor, is for Naomi to "end it" because if she gets caught, it could bring about her death by the Nazis. But, Naomi is adamant that she wants to have this baby. She and her sister have come up with an entire plan to hide the baby in the bunks (which honestly, seems impossible...).
Everyone is also worried about Naomi. She's starving. She's been beaten in the camp. She's so thin she cannot produce milk. And that's even if the breech baby can be turned and born safely. And this turns out to be a real concern, as her aunt will describe to her in a series of letters that she writes the baby in these camps. Because, all of this is being recounted in letters to Aldona (the baby) from her aunt.
Phew. It is truly a story about what families will do to protect one another. Short, but beautiful and painful all at once.
A woman, Naomi, is in a Jewish concentration camp in Hitler's war. She shares some wonderful news with her sister, who is there also -- she is pregnant. It should be happy news, but they're still in a concentration camp. They can see the gas chambers and they can see the smokestacks constantly billowing smoke. It is not a great situation (it is perhaps one of the darkest moments in human history).
The first thing that is suggested by other women in the bunks, even the doctor, is for Naomi to "end it" because if she gets caught, it could bring about her death by the Nazis. But, Naomi is adamant that she wants to have this baby. She and her sister have come up with an entire plan to hide the baby in the bunks (which honestly, seems impossible...).
Everyone is also worried about Naomi. She's starving. She's been beaten in the camp. She's so thin she cannot produce milk. And that's even if the breech baby can be turned and born safely. And this turns out to be a real concern, as her aunt will describe to her in a series of letters that she writes the baby in these camps. Because, all of this is being recounted in letters to Aldona (the baby) from her aunt.
Phew. It is truly a story about what families will do to protect one another. Short, but beautiful and painful all at once.