I enjoyed this audiobook of The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer.
Set between World War II and the present day, the story moves between two timelines. We meet Alina in wartime Poland and Alice in the present. Alina’s narration was particularly strong, measured, emotional, and convincing. Alice, by contrast, I found slightly grating at times, although she does serve her narrative purpose.
Alina, betrothed to Thomas, is forced to find a way out of Poland as the war tightens its grip. Years later, on her deathbed, she sends Alice (her granddaughter) on a mission to uncover what truly happened during that perilous trek. The dual timeline works well, and the historical strand is by far the stronger of the two.
The novel is written in the present tense.
Overall, a moving story.
3.8/5
