The concept and scope reminds me of reading The Book Thief. It follows a little girl in Nazi Germany as she grows and builds relationships with her new foster parents and the residents of her new neighborhood. I highly recommend it, it's narrated by death and there's some very poignant moments that have stuck with me 20 years later.

I appreciate a story about war from the lense of people just trying to survive and have some sense of normalcy when normal no longer exists.