Trapeze by Simon Mawer - 371 pages
Trapeze, originally titled
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, is a story about a young woman served as a resistance operative in France during World War II. The story follows Marian Sutro's harrowing experiences from the moment she is offered the chance to train as an special operations operative through the harsh education and reality of life behind enemy lines. We gain an understanding of the choices she made through depictions of her thoughts and conversations with first her brother and later an old family friend/former crush.
I liked that, based on related non-fiction I have read, historical accuracy was to the proverbial "T." That surprised me as most historical fiction takes at least some liberties. The novel was also, despite the details, very fast-paced and I could hardly put it down.
