The Rabbit Girls

by Anna Ellory 

The Rabbit Girls has been waiting patiently in my kindle library for some time and it’s quite a coincidence that I came to read it at the same time as listening to The Tattooist of Auschwitz on Audible.

The Rabbit Girls is set in Berlin, in 1989, as the wall came down. The story centres around Miriam who is a troubled character. I really felt for her. She is dealing with an abusive husband at the same time as caring for her dying father. As if that isn’t enough to deal with, she discovers an Auschwitz tattoo on her father, under the strap of his watch, that he’d always kept hidden. This leaves her with so many questions about her father’s life. When he starts to call out another woman’s name, Frieda, (not her mother’s name) she becomes determined to find out who this woman is. When she finds letters written by Frieda, she begins to piece things together revealing secrets of her father’s past. All she wants is to find out what happened to Frieda in the hope of helping her father pass in peace. What she discovers is unbelievably shocking and heart-breaking.

This book is so beautifully written. It’s full of intrigue and is incredibly heart-wrenching. Such a captivating read. I highly recommend it to all.

** According to Amazon I purchased this book on the 1^{st of} August 2019. My ‘spin-the-wheel’ app chose it at random on the 25^{th of} February 2024 **