The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Sisters who didn't get along because of jealousy. 

Sisters who didn't get along because of different ways of looking at things.

Sisters who just didn't get along or agree about anything.

Ruth and Millie were sisters who fit into those categories.  Ruth was older and more reliable.  Millie just couldn't focus on anything and was not reliable but earned the favor of their mother and could do no wrong in her eyes.

THE WARTIME SISTERS focuses on relationships between the sisters, between a mother and her daughters, between other women, and on how everything affected their daily lives.

We follow Ruth and Millie from their childhood to the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts during WWII.  We see the friction between the sisters during both time periods in their lives.  Nothing had changed over the years for them.

THE WARTIME SISTERS held my interest because of the well developed characters.  Each one had something interesting about themselves and something that truly added to the story line.

Lillian was a favorite character for me. She was very nurturing.  Ruth was likeable, but a bit too strict and unforgiving.  Millie was a bit pitiful because she knew she had made a bad mistake by marrying Lenny, but I liked her.  Arietta was the best...I just loved her singing and her cooking.

Ms. Loigman's writing is very detailed and pulls you in with the beautiful way she has the words simply grab you.

When a small comment was slyly dropped in one of the chapters about a truth Ruth kept from Millie and then a truth Millie had kept from Ruth, the interest definitely was upped.

THE WARTIME SISTERS is a beautiful, warm, marvelously researched read.

A truly enjoyable book.  5/5

This book was given to me by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.