A poignant story of love, loss, rediscovery and the strength of family.

A little boring at the times, maybe too many words to describe sentiments or to fill up the book.

I’m not going to lie, it was difficult to get through this book before getting to the good part—but the good part is so, so very good. It’s a book of sadness and loss and hard to read as a mother but so well written.

Loved it! So much pain and unfathomable grief that turns into a beautiful story.

I don't even know how to work out my feelings about Winter Garden. This book was dumped into my lap by Amazon when I signed up for KU. It was an audiobook & I needed something to listen to while waiting in the school pickup line. Honestly, I didn't even read the summary of the book, I just started playing it. So you can imagine my surprise when I was completely captivated by this harrowing retelling of the siege of Leningrad. This book will break your heart & tape it back together, just to turn around & completely obliterate it. Then after you become awestruck at the tremendous amount of strength & courage of these women, you will learn that you can take the pieces of your obliterated heart, mix it with some love from others, and form it into something new: a heart that holds love so strong that it stands the tests of time, trials, & tribulations because it holds close what matters most. Family: born & found.

It is one of my favorite books. The story was incredible.

Highly recommend this book!!

I loved the story within the story. Also how she describes every scene. You can almost hear the planes and bombs. Riveting

As with all of the author’s books, I cry. And I also learn new truths about life, about myself, about those I love. Thank you, Kristen Hannah, however you do it!

I really liked this book, it made me cry. Just takes a long time to get going in my opinion.