'Hitler's Daughter' is an informative and interesting book written by Jackie French. It's the sort of book which will keep you up till 1 am just to know the rest of the story, and will afterwards prohibit you from sleeping whilst hundreds of questions and thoughts tumble through your mind. Is it a true story? Did Hitler really have a daughter? How could he be so cruel to her? Just because she (Heidi) was his daughter, did that make her evil aswell? All these questions were also going through Marc's head, 24/7, between the 'matinal' story tellings of his friend Anna. Every morning, she'd tell a part of Heidi's rather tragic story whilst waiting for the school bus. Heidi was completely cut off from the world during WW2, and saw noone but Faulein Gebler (the woman who brought her up), her cook and Duffi -aka Hitler-, when he once every few months (is she was lucky) blessed her with a short visit. The novel follows Heidi's joruney out of Germany and Marc's thoughts on the story at the same time. It is quiet a fascinating novel; however, there were times where I was sat wiahing Jackie French could have skipped a few of the slow and painful passages about the rain, swamps and cows of Australia. A bit boring at times, yet the rest of Heidi's story is completely worth it.
Rating: 6.5/10
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