The Wartime Nanny by Lizzie Page (Bookouture)

1936, world is on the brink of the war and 16 year old Jewess Natalie Leeman leaves her family in Vienna and starts to work as a nanny in affluent family in London. Everybody tells her how lucky she is to escape Nazis in Austria, but at first she is very naive, almost ignorant about world situation and lives in somehow Polyanna state of mind.

Soon becomes obvious that times are very dangerous, especially for Jews and she tries to help her Austrian family by bringing them to London. That is far from easy. Slowly Natalie grows up. 

What a delight this book is! I love it. It's very well researched, the story is relatable to our uncertain times and I hope we will all learn something from our history.


5/5