From Sand and ASH

by Amy Harmon

Cassandra Campbell (Narrator)

• ISBN10: 1531834701
• ISBN13: 9781531834708
• Publish Date: 1 December 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Brilliance Audio
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: Audiobook (MP3)
• Duration: 12 hours and 52 minutes
• Language: English

Reviews

[sstaley]

I've never read anything from Amy Harmon before, but after reading From Sand and Ash, I'll be reading a lot more. I read this book very quickly. It literally is hard to put down. It's a story that takes place in Italy during World War II. The story is about two people Eva, a Jewish girl, and her close family friend she grew up with Angelo Bianco, a Catholic, American boy, being raised by his Italian grandparents.

Everything about this story is mesmerizing, from the beautiful lyrical writing style to the flat out reality and harshness of what Hitler and the Nazis did to the Jewish people and those that were brave enough to try and help them. This book is about good and evil, survival and death, helplessness and hope, and making hard choices that can define your life and those around you.

The beauty of this story contrasts so much with the ugliness of war and persecution, that at times you forget to breathe while reading. The love story is also so heartwrenching you want to fall down into a puddle of tears. From Sand and Ash is a book that you'll keep reading all night long. I know for me, Eva and Angelo's story will stay with me even longer.