Name: The Puppet Maker’s Daughter by Karla M. Jay
Item: The Puppet Maker's Daughter
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One of those books, The Puppet Maker’s Daughter, makes you feel completely engrossed in the narrative. It seems as though your parents, brother, nephew, and life are represented by the figures. The novel transports you to a world you can only conceive, where you can smell the food, see the hospitals, and actually experience what it’s like to be there. You are profoundly moved to help others while simultaneously being completely appalled by the horrors that occur every day.

Karla Jay has produced a stunning work of art that is steeped in history. One that inspired me to do additional research on World War II in Budapest. When learning about the conflict in school, this wasn’t a topic that was thoroughly covered. You are given an understanding of what it was like to live in Hungary so near to the war’s conclusion as a Jew before the Germans invade through the narration of 19-year-old Marika.

From the first sentence, “Since the conflict began, our lives have been controlled as if we were marionettes with crazed puppeteers pulling the strings,” captured my attention. This sentence sums up the conflict and the experiences of the Hungarians during World War II precisely. Dive into a tale that will have you hooked from the start. It will guide you through the horrors of the Arrow Cross Party while also highlighting a family’s bravery in the face of anarchy.

In addition to experiencing the dread, horror, and uttermost tragedy of what happened to the Jewish population of Hungary in the closing months of World War II, you will also witness acts of the greatest bravery, faith, and fortitude. Read Marika’s account of how her life was torn apart even though she could see a bright future ahead of her and how familiar faces would turn against her.

If you can, read The Puppet Maker’s Daughter if you enjoy historical fiction. By far, the best book I’ve ever read is this. Thanks to Karla Jay, who created a fictional but historical story that made me think and feel long after I finished reading it, I became aware of the horrors that occurred in Hungary.

About The Book

Hungary 1944. The war comes late to Budapest. Nineteen-year-old Marika, forced out of nursing school, believes she and her Jewish family will remain safe, even as Nazi soldiers fill their cobbled streets. With Russians to their east, the Allies to their west, everyone assumes the war is nearly over. Her father, once a prominent engineer, returns to his passion for puppet making. Soon, she is pulled into the resistance to rescue orphans and displaced Jews while keeping her family one step ahead of Eichmann’s extermination plans.

As the world turns dark around her, the fanatical Arrow Cross Party, a ruthless group that listens to no one including the Germans, unleashes a killing spree on the remaining Jews of Europe. One day, as peril intensifies, she must make a decision that puts her in extreme danger to save herself, her family, and the orphans she’s sheltered.

Will she regret that moment for the rest of her life?

This a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of family even if the members are patched together with remnants of other shattered lives.

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