The Girl in the Oil Painting: A heart-wrenching, emotional WW2 historical fiction novel, based on a true story (Art of Resistance Book 1)

Name: The Girl in the Oil Painting: A heart-wrenching, emotional WW2 historical fiction novel, based on a true story (Art of Resistance Book 1)
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Rating: 4.4 (377 reviews)
Author: Uri Dushy

by Uri Dushy

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Perfect for you if...

You love historical fiction rooted in real events and want to read stories of communities often left out of mainstream WWII narratives.
You're drawn to dual-timeline novels where the present-day mystery slowly reveals the past.
You appreciate family sagas centred on women's experiences and the choices they're forced to make under impossible circumstances.

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You prefer lighter reads or happy endings, as this book deals with the trauma and displacement of war.
You find dual timelines confusing or disjointed rather than compelling.
You're looking for fast-paced plot-driven thrillers rather than character-driven emotional storytelling.

About this book

A saga set in war-torn Europe, following sixteen-year-old Dora Behar and her cousin Sarah in Rhodes, 1940. The two are close as sisters, painting sunsets over the Mediterranean, until Nazi rise to power darkens their Jewish district. Facing discrimination and war, Dora's family makes an impossible choice that transforms her life forever. Decades later in 2023, the war exists primarily in memory for most. Yet for one young artist, the conflict persists as a recurring painting: a solitary figure at an abandoned harbor's edge, watching a ship depart, unaware it will never return to Rhodes. Based on real historical events, the novel explores themes of hope and longing across these two timelines. This is the first book in the Art of Resistance series.

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