The Family at War

Adams Family, Book 12

De: Mary Jane Staples

Narrado por: Annie Aldington

Duración: 8 h y 9 m

Resumen del Editor

It was 1940, and many of the younger members of the Adams family were caught up in the war in France. Boots, now a major and on the staff of General Sir Henry Simms, was one of the thousands of British troops trying to escape in the armada of little boats from Dunkirk. His son, Tim, and nephew, Bobby, were also struggling to reach the coast and safety, while Eloise was with the ATS awaiting the homecoming soldiers at Portsmouth with a comforting cup of tea and a ticket home. Boots and Tim both made it safely back, but of Bobby, there was no sign, and the family all feared the worst.

In a farm some miles from Dunkirk, however, Bobby was alive but injured, and trapped by the advancing Germans. The farmer and his wife offered him refuge, but Helene, the farmer's independent-minded daughter, was scathing about the retreating British army and gave the brave, joking young sergeant a hard time. Working in the fields, dodging the German soldiers, Bobby was desperately looking for a way to escape, and Helene, despite her hostility, found herself increasingly anxious to help the Englishman to get back home. Their adventures were to thrill the Adams family when they came to hear about it.

©2011 Mary Jane Staples (P)2021 Audible, Ltd

I felt ALL of the things.

By now, you either love the Adam's Family, or you wouldn't be this far into the series. So to be as far as book 12, and still ready to purchase and download the next book as soon as this one ended, is a feat all on its own. I won't spoil anything, but this book went in a very different direction towards the last few chapters. If you are a lover of WW2 history, you know the devastating consequences of the air raids, and I will leave it at that. MJ Staples accomplished the same feelings in book 12, as he evoked from reading books 1 and 2. I laughed, a lot - Susie and Sammie will always make me giggle, and so will Freddie and Cassie. I also bawled my eyes out, big fat wet tears streamed down my face for about 2 chapters. Going forward, until we are out of the WW2 time-frame, I will worry for every member of The Adam's Family.