Far To Go

I enjoyed Far To Go by Alison Pick, a fictional story of a wealthy Czech Jewish family in 1938/39 as they deal with the Nazi invasion. The story is mainly centered on the Kindertransport which took Jewish children to Britain. Most of the story is told in the third person as the reader learns about the lives of the Bauer family and their nanny, Marta. We see the turmoil their lives are thrown in to and their powerlessness over their own lives. They are able to get their son, Pepik, on the Kindertransport. Part of the story is narrated in the first person and it is some time before we realise the identity of this person. It all comes together at the end as we learn the connection this narrator has with the other characters in this poignant story. 41/2/5