I loved this novel, but I did find it heavy going and I found myself ‘accidentally’ picking up a lighter read as I read it. It’s heart wrenching, and haven’t we all looked at those people handing their children through barbed wire, or remember in Australia the children overboard reports; what makes a mother offer up her child; war is why. And this novel does such a powerful job and letting us see that desperation. I love a multi generational epic, and this novel lets us bear wiltness to 4 generations; we really get a sense of that intergenerational trauma through The Night Travelers, and history repeating itself..I’m so glad I read it, it’s definitely a novel that will stay with me, but goodness is it a sad one.
Have you read it? Is it on your radar? Should we be brave enough and read it as a Hissy Fic?
