My Longest Night

by Genevieve Dubosq and Genevieve Duboscq

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805001506
• ISBN13: 9780805001501
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An amazing, true story

This is the story of a young girl who ends up helping US soldiers during the D-Day invasion. It is a unique, remarkable and moving account of her interactions with both German and US forces. She was recently seen on TV interviewed in France during the 60th anniversary of the invasion. Highly recommended first person historical account.

Poignant

There are few books that you can tuck under the folded wing in your heart and hear it humming whenever you think of it. This book along with And There was Light by Jacques Lusseyran are the most powerful books I have found about the 2nd World War in France. Perhaps it was made especially poignant because my uncle was a paratrooper at Normandie. He, much like my father who was the radio operator on US subs during WW 2, refused to talk about his war experience. So I sought it out in this unlikely form; through the words of a young French girl. The utter stark honesty of her painful upbringing, told without judgement shows a soul who has learned to forgive and to see the dignity of even the most beastly. Genevieve, who received the highest civilian citation for her work is to congratulated, the book highly recommended.

One of the best

Such an historic record of the paratroopers landing near Normandy! This beautiful, brave and abused girl tells a poignant and most memorable story. Her descriptive writing is enchanting. Her experiences completely unique. I loved the book and came to love her. Ms. Duboscq would you tell us more of your later life too?

My Longest Night

A tremendous book about the experience of a young french girl during WWII. Incredible depth of human joy, pain and misery. It is tremendously sad and rich and points to God.

An engaging and moving book

I would highly recommend this true story of a young French girl's experience of WWII and D-Day in particular. We see the complexity of the human spirit in Duboscq's gentle mother, who tends to wounded American paratroopers and German soldiers alike, and her abusive father, who dupes the Nazi's by feigning loyalty. Duboscq herself is a courageous figure who is capable of great love, but the war has heartbreaking effects on she and her family. I found this to be an unforgettable story.