My Enemy’s Cradle by Sara Young
HarperCollins 2008, 400 pages
Holland, 1941 and half-Jewish Cyrla is hiding in the house of her aunt and uncle. Her cousin Anneke, pregnant with the baby of a German soldier, has been granted a place at a Lebensborn maternity home. When Cyrla’s safety is threatened by the suspicions of a nosey neighbour, fate offers an escape route. But can Cyrla pull it off? Is she brave enough to take on her cousin’s identity and step into the enemy’s cradle?
This book was a very easy read; the blog editor (my teenage daughter) snaffled it when I wasn’t looking and devoured it in one sitting. However we both agreed that considering the weight of the subject matter, it was a little on the light side. Sara Young has previously written books for children under the name of Sara Pennypacker. My Enemy’s Cradle is her debut novel for adults.
