Mrs. Tuesday's Departure

I read this book on my Kindle and have to say that it was pretty bad. Even though it doesn't come out and say it the book is about the German Occupation of Hungary during World War 2. References are used to describe all the different aspects of the war such as calling the Jews the Wanted, etc. It does mention the ghetto, the labor and death camps by name though. I know the book is set in Hungary because of the roundabout way they describe historical references such as Raoul Wallenberg giving Swedish protection passports and how the Allies are winning the war.

The book deals with a set of twins (one who has gone insane and one normal one)who are Catholic and how how they each deal with the war. The insane twin lives in a world of make-believe while the normal one has to struggle with life in wartime while at the same time keeping her niece (who is a Wanted - ie a Jew) away from the Black and Reds - ie the Nazis. I am not sure how the niece and her mother can be Jewish and the twins aren't, but that is a minor detail. The niece and insane twin are captured by the Nazis and sent to the ghetto in order to get information from a man who loves the normal twin. The man and the sane twin make an agreement with the Nazis to provide the information for the niece and insane twin. When they go to the ghetto to get them they are being put on the cattle cars. The sane twin gets the niece released and when she can't find her sister she opts to go on the train to the death camp - where she meets up with her sister and they both die in the gas chambers. The niece survives the war and goes to the US and tells the story of her twin aunts.

The book has historical relevance, but the way it is written makes it very confusing and puts the reader off the main storyline. It was a good concept that just didn't do well in print.