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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) in Movies

Jun 25, 2020  
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
2018 | Biography, Drama, War
9
8.0 (3 Ratings)
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Very interesting (and excellent) cast. Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Daniels, and Guy Pierce all step outside their general wheel houses and bring together a wonderful performance about a true chain of events that unfolded during World War II.

As a Red Sox fan I had a general idea of the story surrounding Moe Berg, but I was enlightened about several different elements of the story by the movie and even more so I was driven to do additional research and found out even more information about this unheralded American Hero.

If you're looking for an action romp this isn't where you'll find it. This is a movie that will capture your imagination and you will almost forget that this is all based on a true story.
  
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Liz Phair recommended The Catcher in the Rye in Books (curated)

 
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger | 2016 | Essays
6.8 (85 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Probably my favorite book of all time because of the truthful, raw language—it sounds so modern. To think that it was written almost seventy-five years ago at the end of World War II seems both astounding and inevitable. Plain, honest communication and wild, spontaneous beauty were all that was left after they’d cleared away the rubble. Enter Holden Caulfield, an off-kilter personality balancing an unlikely mix of cruelty, kindness, truth, acceptance and rebellion in one rather average noggin. Holden represents a new type of heartthrob, presaging the bored, hyper-vigilant James Dean types of later cinema—the romantic nihilists, capable of loving fiercely in the moment but standing equally aloof from and critiquing their own emotions. The dawning of the age of emo."

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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Young Survivors in Books

Jun 14, 2020  
The Young Survivors
The Young Survivors
Debra Barnes | 2020 | Education, History & Politics
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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This is not your usual memoir about the Holocaust ... well not one I have ever read before anyway ... it's the true story of what is was like for a family of Jews living in France during World War II.

Written from the perspective of three of the children, the story tells of their harrowing experiences during the German occupation of France and having to move from place to place, losing the adults in their lives and being separated from their siblings.

This is a heart-rending story but also a story of survival, bravery and hope and I want to thank the Duckworth Books Group via JellyBooks for my copy in return for them analysing my reading data and an honest review although this wasn't compulsory.