The True Story of Hansel and Gretel

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel

(This review first appeared in March 2004) Rating:  The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, by Louise Murphy. Penguin Books (2003), 306 pages. Through the trees they came, pawing at the snow to uncover the moss and leaves, eating any low-growing twigs and...
The Zookeeper’s Wife

The Zookeeper’s Wife

Rating:  The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman.  W.W. Norton & Company (2007), 348 pages. Commemorations are underway in Poland today to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II.  Coincidentally, I just finished a nonfiction book set in Warsaw during...