Surviving the
Fatherland: A True Coming-of-age Love Story Set in WWII Germany
Published: March 15,
2017
Publisher: Oppenlander
Enterprises LLC
Genre: Historical,
War, Military
Blurb:
Spanning thirteen years from 1940 to 1953 and set against
the epic panorama of WWII, SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND is a sweeping saga of
family, love, and betrayal that illuminates an intimate part of history seldom
seen: the children's war.
SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND tells the true and heart-wrenching
stories of Lilly and Günter struggling with the terror-filled reality of life
in the Third Reich, each embarking on their own dangerous path toward survival,
freedom, and ultimately each other. Based on the author’s own family and
anchored in historical facts, this story celebrates the resilience of the human
spirit and the strength of war children.
My Review:
Surviving the Fatherland is about two people growing up
during WWII in Germany. About fathers and brothers going off to fight Hitler’s
war. About the hardships that the families endured just to survive themselves. How
the war affects them which results in the things they do so they can take care
of and protect the ones they love.
Surviving the Fatherland is about two boys; Günter and
Helmut growing up during the war with one boy, Günter watching as first his
father and then his older brother leaves for war and he is left to take care of
his mother and younger brother; which of course he does without question or
complaining. At first they receive letters from his father and brother but
after a while they hear nothing from them and have no way of knowing if they
are alive or not.
A seven year old girl Lily watches as her father leaves her
and her mother and little brother to go fight in Hitler’s war. Lily has to grow
up real fast for a little girl with having to help her mother take care of her
little brother and help with all the chores and to help find ways to get food
for all of them. Lily has to face this one man who moves into their apartment building
who has a very sick mind who preys on little girls. He also goes after her
mother as well he is just one sick individual who uses the absence of a man in
their life thinking that he can get what he wants. But Lily is a very strong
and determined little girl and woman that when the opportunity hits she knows
it and take advantage of it and uses what she finds against him to keep him
from having any contact with her family ever again.
Surviving the Fatherland is based on the true life events in
the author’s family. Surviving the Fatherland will take you down a long hard
road filled with love, courage, heartache and hardship but I am glad I was
given the opportunity to have read Surviving the Fatherland. I love books where
the author can make you feel what the people/characters are feeling and that is
just what Annette did in Surviving the Fatherland. She makes you feel as if you
are there with Lily when she is caring for her little brother. You feel as if
you are right there walking right beside Günter and Helmut when they are on
their way to the registration office after they are drafted.
If you have not read Surviving the Fatherland then I would
like to suggest that you do. Pick up your copy today!
Author Bio:
Annette
Oppenlander writes historical fiction for young adults and anyone who loves
stories set in the past. When she isn’t in front of her computer, she loves
indulging her dog, Mocha, and traveling around the U.S. and Europe to discover
amazing histories.
"Nearly every place holds some kind of secret, something that makes history come alive. When we scrutinize people and places closely, history is no longer a number, it turns into a story."
"Nearly every place holds some kind of secret, something that makes history come alive. When we scrutinize people and places closely, history is no longer a number, it turns into a story."
0 comments:
Post a Comment