Reviewer: Lori Graham
Title: Arm's of Deliverance
Author: Tricia Goyer
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 0-8024-1556-3
Release Date: July 2006
Genre/Sub-genre: Inspirational Historical Romance
Year/Setting: WWII/Germany, U.S. and other parts of Europe
Overall Rating: 5.0
Sexual Content Rating: Extremely Subtle
Language (Profanity) Rating: None
Violent Content Rating: Mild (but alluded to)
Tricia's Website: www.triciagoyer.com
Katrine, or should I say Rebecca, is living what I would call a life of quiet desperation. Not from the ways we think of today but of a way that is truly a life or death situation. Rebecca is actually a Czech Jew who some would say had the fortunate turn to look Aryan. She didn’t have the typical dark hair and features which most saw as Jewish during that time period. Because of that, her father made special arrangements for her. A friend had agreed to help him have false papers made for Rebecca and for her to become Katrine and be taken away. Katrine doesn’t agree with her father but is an obedient father. So, not only is she trying to live Aryan and not draw attention to herself but she then has the misfortune to fall in love with a Nazi officer. He is charming and caring and she is drawn in until she finds herself pregnant.
At the same time another story is being drawn into the war. Two female reports from the United States have been given the opportunity to be two of the first females allowed in the battle zones. Mary and Lee couldn’t be more different. Mary comes from a poor hardworking background, being raised by a single mother. Lee comes from a life of privilege and she knows how to use it. They find themselves roommates and even becoming friends in this world they are now delivered to. While they are excited to be among the first, it isn’t exactly what they thought it would be.
All three of these women are very different and very unique. They all come from different backgrounds. However, through the course of the war and the events which unfold, their futures are entwined.
Tricia Goyer has obviously done quite a bit of research and has a passion for the WWII history – not only of the United States but of Europe. The historical pieces don’t come across as a history lesson but through the family, the relationships and the sites and sounds of what was happening. She details the events in ways that will draw in the history buffs and yet not scare away the women who as kids had to struggle through history class.
The events and the characters are real and raw with your heart walking the steps with them. Personally I found myself most drawn to Katrine. Lee and Mary were well illustrated and you cheered them on as they overcame each obstacle put in their way but in very different methods. While everything they went through changed them forever (and we could begin to see those changes), in the end, they had the option to return to their homes and what they could rebuild of their previous lives.
My heart, however, went out to Katrine because she truly lost everything. Her family was sent to the camps (and she was pretty sure that was the end), the man she thought she knew wasn’t what she thought, she is pregnant with a child of Jewish and Aryan heritage which if discovered the child would be killed, she lost her home, she lost her friends and she even lost herself. She is no longer Rebecca. To stay alive she has to become the thing she has come to fear – Aryan.
I am sure each person reading this manuscript will connect with a different character and it will be easily done because each of them has quite detailed depth which to grasp. Tricia Goyer has truly demonstrated to me with Arms of Deliverance that you need to live for today because tomorrow everything in your world may change.
Lori
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