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Book ReviewsSummer of My German Soldier (Large Print Cornerstone Ser) |
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Book: Summer of My German Soldier (Large Print Cornerstone Ser)
Written by: Bette Green |
Publisher: LRS (Library Reproduction Service)
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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Not just a book for young adults...
Rating:
5 / 5
I listened to this book (audio tape) from Recorded Books, Inc. and it was exceptionally well read. I enjoyed the follow-up, Morning Is A Long Time Coming as well. Bette Green is a writer's writer (I'm a fiction writer, too). Her work spans all ages. In fact, I consider it unfortunate that, simply because her protagonist is a teenager, her books have been placed strictly in the young adult category. It takes wisdom of life and knowledge of psychology to recognize that this is the story of an abused person. Her life's choices and experiences often pertain to the severe abuse she suffered as a child, from physically and mentally cruel parents. I know, because her parents might as well have been mine, although my physically cruel parent was my mother, whereas Patty's was her father, a raging, Hitler-like tyrant. One wonders how this wonderful young person even survived, for her father was about as monstrous a parent as I've ever encountered in literature - or real life. In some ways, however, her mother was worse - mocking, humiliating, goading, tormenting her daughter. That was my fate, too, and it leads to many tragic symptoms, not the least of which are constant, tortuous self-doubt and the conflicting
traits of people-pleasing/provocative "truth"-telling. I adored Patty, however, and loved her quest for love and self-acceptance. That, too, mirrored my own. Brilliant writing for all ages... I just wish there was another sequel that tells us what happens to Patty when/if she returns to the States. Does she marry Roger, the French photographer? Does she finally, truly confront her rotten parents with what they have done to her/what they are? Does she get a big inheritance from her grandparents so she can become the writer/journalist we believe she can be? And I can't help wondering why she didn't tell Anton's father and sister that she had seen him? She says that she didn't want to bring them any further stress, but wouldn't that have made them feel good, to know that, before his death, someone had truly loved and cared for him? Oh, well. I will just have to imagine these things, and isn't that what's so marvelous about great literature? It causes you to use your imagination! Thanks, Bette Green, for a thought-provoking, empathic read.
Amazing Book
Rating:
5 / 5
I read this book in school in the 10th grade. I got hooked and ended up reading the entire book at home one night. Lucky thing I did because it made me cry and I rarely cry while reading a book! It's not just a book for children! Be sure to check out the sequal! (Morning Is A Long Time Coming)
Summer Of My German Soldier
Rating:
5 / 5
This is a very interesting book. It may seem boring at first but after 1 or 2 chapters it becomes interesting. This book is kind of a romance but not much. It's about a Jewish girl who helps out a Nazi POW. And at the end she is sent to a reform school.
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