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The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes

The Prisoner's Wife

by Maggie Brookes

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  • May 2020, 400 pages
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Veronica E. (Chesterton, IN)

PAGE TURNER
Based on a true story. A farm girl, Izzy and a British soldier, Bill, who is a prisoner of the Nazi's fall in love while Bill is working on Izzy's family farm. And together they escape. They marry on the run, however, that is just the beginning of this story. Izzy and Bill are captured and the Nazi's just assume they are both British soldiers. Now, this is where the story becomes a page turner. Izzy is surrounded by men. Will they keep her secret? Will they protect her? Will they survive? Will Izzy be shot as a spy. Maggie Brooks, the author, covers every detail imaginable in this story. She brought you alongmore
Monica P. (Cleves, OH)

Surprisingly Good
I wasn't expecting to like this one as much as I did. It took me a good while to get into The Prisoner's Wife, but once Bill and Izzy we're captured I couldn't put it down. The brutalities of the POW experience were graphically described, especially for Izzy. I do feel a bit dissatisfied by not being able to find out what happened to Izzy's family and to Ralph but otherwise, I totally recommend this book.
Colleen L. (Casco, ME)

An Unusual Holocaust Story
The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes is an unusual book. There are many true stories available about people who survived the horrible Nazi concentration camps. This one, however, is a unique view of someone who married a British soldier who had been captured and actually joined him in the concentration camp. Brookes does an excellent job describing the various challenges faced by the couple. And what makes it so interesting is that it is based on a true story!

I rated the book highly because of the author's writing. It was especially vivid and kept me intensely interested until the very last page. Once I startedmore
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Becky H

The Prisoner's Wife
Based on a true story, THE PRISONER’S WIFE tells of a Czech farm girl who falls in love with the British POW assigned to work on her family’s farm. When it becomes apparent the POW’s will be moved to another area, Izabela and Bill decide to marry and then have Izabela pose as a mute British soldier. The privations and terror of prison camps, hard forced labor, fear of discovery and then a forced march ahead of the Russian Army as the German’s face defeat make up the whole of the book.
The characters are well defined and grow and change as time passes. Each of the POW’s is a complete and complex person. The guardsmore
Crumb

Haunting and Mesmerizing
This book was engrossing. I could not put it down. It transported you into the era of WWII. The writing was masterful. I would read anything by this author. A definite page turner.
Mary Jane D. (Arlington Heights, IL)

Unbelievable Tale
The Prisoner's Wife is quite a story about a Czech farm girl and British POW who fall in love, secretly marry, run away together, are captured and suffer many hardships ... and is based on a true story. The characters are well developed and come alive. The extensive research adds authenticity to the details. I found I wanted to keep reading to find out what the next day would bring for them.I was hoping the end notes would reveal who the characters were but unfortunately they are not known. I join the author in hoping someone comes forward to collaborate the story. This a good fast read for those interested inmore
Judi R. (Jericho, NY)

A Story of Love and Devotion
Set against the backdrop of war, in the most devastating and dire conditions, mistreatment by sadistic guards, harsh weather and near starvation, Maggie Brooks tells a love story of maximum proportion. It is almost unbelievable, yet, this novel is based on a true story. To support this love story, Brooks conducted thorough research through interviews, documents, visits and tours to give us another World War II story from yet another perspective. Bill is a British POW and meets a young Czechoslovakian woman. They fall in love, marry and run off to join the Partisans. They are captured by the enemy and thus beginsmore
Virginia M. (San Antonio, TX)

Fiction based upon fact
This novel takes place from June 1944 to March 1945 during WWII. It concerns a 20 year old Czech girl who, as a result of love at first sight, runs off to marry an English POW who happened to be assigned by the Nazi's to work on her family's farm. It is a novel based upon the true story of this young wife her husband was recaptured and, disguised as a fellow male prisoner she accompanies him to a POW work camp. During the remaining 2/3 of the novel, the readers discover the unimaginable hardships of her daily life as a prisoner at what the author's research discovered was a "hell camp" because of overcrowding,more

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