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BOOK REVIEW

WHEN THE WORLD WAS OURS

By Liz Kessler

Published by Simon & Schuster

Set initially in 1936 Vienna, this gripping tale, inspired by a true story, follows the lives of three young friends as war gradually engulfs their lives, pulling them in directions none of them could have imagined or anticipated. A chance encounter proves to be a lifeline and the reader is transported into the horrors of the Holocaust and how ordinary

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