"Sisters in the Resistance" is a fascinating compilation of interviews and stories from women who were involved in the French Resistance during WWII. In fact, each story is so compelling, one wishes each subject had received a full-scale biography. But as that is not the case, at least these courageous women are given plenty of space to tell their stories in Weitz's book.
Many who lived through those times did not want to discuss their experiences with anyone afterwards (and some, especially those who were tortured by the Nazis, mention that they couldn't bear to hear the German language after the war), but they are all forthright within the pages of "Sisters" and their stories paint a vivid portrait of Nazi-occupied France.
Weitz gives the book an obvious feminist slant, which, depending on your perspective, could be favorable or un-, but if her portrayal of paternalistic Vichy France is to be believed (and I think it can be -- French women weren't granted suffrage until 1944), it more than justifies Weitz's slant and casts the activities of the females resistance fighters into a stark contrast with their environment.
Weitz has done an extremely valuable service in preserving the stories of these women who risked everything in order to follow their convictions and her book -- slanted or not -- is definitely a non-fiction page-turner.
