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Anna doesn't know how to go on. Anna Goodman's mother is dead, her father has given up on life, and her brother, Brent, is missing in action in World War II. Even though she has a full-time war job, she feels she must keep the family farm going so that Brent will have something to come home to. She won't let herself think that he might never return. Any dreams Anna has for her future are held captive by the responsibilities the war and life have thrust upon her. If only Anna didn't have to rely on help from German prisoners--or from Specialist Sid Chance, the cocky know-it-all who oversees the prisoners' work. In her heart, she knows she can't do everything demanded of her, but whom can she trust to carry the burden with her? Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Cara Putman creates convincing characters and describes their world vividly through the pattern of their lives. Anna’s father is close to giving up. The farm’s falling apart. Her brother’s abroad as a soldier. And the only way to get money is to work in town, which leaves no-one to care for the crops. I learned, together with the specialist guarding prisoners, about corn tassels, about timing for the harvest, and about the vagaries of the weather. Sometimes I imagined I could smell the scents Cara Putman described so vibrantly.
The slowly developing relationship between Anna and Specialist Sid Chance is convincingly portrayed, as is Sid’s relationship with the prisoners and with Anna’s hostile father. But an overarching relationship with God holds the key to freeing Anna to see herself among her sea of burdens. She has to learn to say “No,” and “Not just now.” Then she finds time to think and rightly say “Yes.” Then farm and family are saved.
Captive Dreams is an enjoyable, evocative tale with interesting characters and locale and thought-provoking dilemmas. I really enjoyed it. ( )