Carry Me: A Novel

"Great historical novels give us a god’s omnipotence. They don’t coddle but burden us with the sure knowledge that we can do nothing to alter the flow of time. And this is the inherent tragedy that lives at the heart of Carry Me, which follows the fortunes of two intermingled families through one of the most turbulent times in modern history — England, Ireland and Germany in the first half of the 20th century. We can read words like “Blitz” and “zeppelin” and “Nazi” echoing in our heads, and we know that there’s nothing we can do but watch and wait for the bad things to come."