Once I had picked up this book I could not put it down. It was a fantastic read and you felt empathy with the characters and the situations they found themselves in. This book was addictive reading and tells a tale of a young girl born in the last few minutes of the nineteenth century and follows her life through to the end of the second world war. It is an incredibly sad tale. A must read for any book club. It's title in the US is The Glimmer Palace, however I read the UK book which is titled The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite.