Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn

 

The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn-433 pages

Based on a true story of a female Russian sniper in WW II.  She married and had a son at fifteen.  Her husband and her separated soon afterword and her parents helped to raise their grandson while she fiinshed school with the end goal of graduate school.  But her plans got sidetracked when Germany declared war on her homeland.  She had taken sharp shooting lessons way before this event.  Her strong desire to fight for her homeland and her son compelled her to sign up for the Russian army the very next day.  At first they didn't allow her to shoot anything, but then circumstances changed and she had more than 300 kills by the time she left for the United States with a Russian delegation to try to influence president Franklin Roosevelt to back their war effort. The soldiers rode on many different trains in order to reach the front.  It was on these long rides that she forged many friendships that aided her throughout the war.  I enjoyed this very much.  I had never heard of a female Russian sniper so it was very interesting to read about her and all she had to overcome. She carried her masters disortation through many battles where it even got blood stained.  She was determined to complete her goal of graduate school which she did after she left the army.  Very inspiring.  I liked it very much.