The story of the Roma people's experience in World War II is one that is not very well known. The Holocaust literature mostly focuses on the plight and destruction of the Jewish communities of Europe, but the narrative misses the story of the gypsies who were rounded up and killed by the Nazis.
This story give a look at the experience of one of these Roma girls, who luckily escapes the fate of her fellow Romani, but who is forced to use her street smarts and cunning to survive the war. Through a series of fortuitous events she is an extra on a German film, a fighter, and eventually a survivor.
I highly recommend this book for those who are interested in the Roma experience as well as the dark underbelly of the German propaganda machine during World War II.
I listened to this as an audio book and found the narrator compelling and engaging.