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BOOK REVIEW: Arms of Deliverance
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by: Barbara Warren Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Arms of Deliverance Author: Tricia Goyer Publisher: Moody Press ISBN: 13-978-0-8024-1556-1 Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Fiction
Arms of Deliverance is set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The intriguing cast of characters come alive on the page, until you, the reader, shares their thoughts, their fears, and their lives. There is Lee O’Donnally, rich, spoiled, and stubborn, with connections she can use to get what she wants. Lee wants to be an overseas reporter, writing about the war from the front lines. What she sees and experiences changes her forever. Mary Kelly doesn’t have Lee’s connections. She grew up poor, raised by a single mother, and longing for the approval of the father she never knew. Mary’s goal is to report from the war zone. She hitches a ride on a B-17 during a bombing raid. Both women are brave and dedicated to showing the people back home what the war is rally like. Their stories mirror the lives of the real-life women reporters who risked their lives in order to write their reports from the combat zone. Women like Margaret Bourke White, Lee Miller, and Janet Flanner. Tricia Goyer does a great joy of showing what it was like for them on the front lines of the great war.
Then there’s Katrin, a Czech Jew, who successfully passes herself off as an Aryan. Katrin’s lover, Hendrick Schwartz, is an officer in Hitler’s army, entrusted with killing Jews, in order to preserve a pure Aryan bloodlines.
Eddie Anderson, memger of a B-17 crew is stationed in Bassingborne, England. The men of the 91st bomber group, fly bombing runs on a daily basis. The day Eddie arrives at his new station, his barracks is a mess because the cleaning crews hadn’t removed the personal effects of the men who didn’t make it back from a raid the day before. A dozen planes were lost.
Tricia Goyer does an incredible amount of research, talking to actual veterans who were there and know what it was like. Whether the setting is inside a B-17, on a beach, landing under hostile fire, or in a concentration camp, she places the reader there. This is a story about people you’ll know and love, caught up in a war like nothing seen before or since. It is an accurate portrayal of the evil Hitler unleashed on the world and the men and women who risked their lives daily, fighting to defeat the Nazi juggernaut that threatened to destroy the free world. If you liked Dawn of a Thousand Nights, you’ll love Arms of Deliverance. This one is a must for your Need to Read List.
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