This book focuses on a group of Frenchwomen that were in the resistance during WW2 and who were imprisoned at Ravensbruck concentration camp during the same war. There were other women of other nationalities there, including a group of Polish women that were the subject of various medical experiments, but the focus was definitely on the French women. The time spent in the camp is only about half of the book with the other half being about the support that the women provided the other prisoners upon their release. What I really liked was how Olson managed to convey the community that these women created that saved their lives. It was a tough book to read but the sense of community managed to get me through. I loved learning about this more obscure prison.
Definitely a must read but on to something lighter.
I've read a few books that involved women who were sent to Ravensbruck but none that were actually set in the camp. This sounds like a tough read but one I would want to read.
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