My Review

I enjoyed this book much more then I thought I would. It is written as a series of letters and newspaper articles and it really worked for this book. I tend not to want to read this style of writing but I’m very glad I did!

I enjoyed getting a glimpse into the struggles and joy’s, Johanna faced during the war. She was an interesting character and would have made a good friend. It was fun to watch her intereact with others and gave me a different perspective on the war. I like how Amy Lynn Green weaved the Lord’s truth throughout this book. The reader can learn along with the characters these truth.

I listened to part this book as an audiobook. I thought the narraror did a good job. It was easy for me to understand and follow.

I recommend this book to my family and friends.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the publisher. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

About The Book.

Headstrong Johanna Berglund, a linguistics student at the University of Minnesota, has very definite plans for her future . . . plans that do not include returning to her hometown and the secrets and heartaches she left behind there. But the US Army wants her to work as a translator at a nearby camp for German POWs.

Johanna arrives to find the once-sleepy town exploding with hostility. Most patriotic citizens want nothing to do with German soldiers laboring in their fields, and they’re not afraid to criticize those who work at the camp as well. When Johanna describes the trouble to her friend Peter Ito, a language instructor at a school for military intelligence officers, he encourages her to give the town that rejected her a second chance.

As Johanna interacts with the men of the camp and censors their letters home, she begins to see the prisoners in a more sympathetic light. But advocating for better treatment makes her enemies in the community, especially when charismatic German spokesman Stefan Werner begins to show interest in Johanna and her work. The longer Johanna wages her home-front battle, the more the lines between compassion and treason become blurred–and it’s no longer clear whom she can trust.