PositiveThe ScotsmanThe book is sweeping in its scope ... Moorehead skilfully weaves these threads of individual stories together to create a web of interconnected lives, visiting and revisiting key individuals and relating them to one another ... This broad narrative is dotted with flashes of detail; the colour of a piece of clothing, the wording of a letter, or the contents of an otherwise unremarkable suitcase. These details bring the stories to life and pull the reader into even more sympathy with the bravery and often harsh fates of the partisans. The book is brutal at times, and Moorehead does not shy away from detailing the atrocious acts of torture and violence carried out by the Fascists ... Moorehead captures a sense of hope and vitality among the women of the Resistance ... an often overlooked story that \'needs to be told\'—and she tells it well.
