The Last Telegram

4.5 Stars → An English silk factory makes for a unique setting in this lovely yet heartbreaking novel of World War II. The main character is a young British woman named Lily whose plan to attend college in Switzerland is thwarted by the onset of the war. Instead, she begrudgingly agrees to learn sil......more

If you want to learn more, in a fairly lighthearted way, about the process of making silk, then you might want to read this book. Other than that, I can't find any compelling reasons to recommend this overly long, very predictable, pretty turgid and generally uninspiring romance. Set in a silk factory......more

Set in England, we follow Lily, an elderly woman having just lost her husband of fifty-five years, who now dares to allow herself to reminisce to the time when she was a young woman weaving colorful silk in her father's mill while her country was at the brink of WWII. It was an emotional time of gre......more

At first this book felt like a coming of age story, then it became a love story and a tale of war, prejudice, and how it can destroy people. Then it began to feel like a moral...karma gets you. Retribution. Guilt. And finally, letting go and forgiveness. I went on a rollercoaster ride of emotions wit......more

Absolutely brilliant story that I really enjoyed. Very well written and very hard to put down.......more