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Of Windmills and War

By: Diane Moody
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around afterschool jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs' chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home. In a few years, Danny found himself in the copilot seat of a B-17, stationed with the 390th Bomb Group in Framlingham, England.

Anya Versteeg had been just a teenager when Hitler's troops invaded her homeland of Holland in May of 1940. Forced to grow up much too fast, the feisty preacher's daughter eagerly immersed herself in the Dutch Resistance. Certain that God had turned his back on Holland, she did whatever she had to do to save her country before it was too late.

By 1945 the people of occupied Holland were starving. Thousands were dying every day. Then, just days before the war ended, help came to the Netherlands like manna from heaven.

Operation Chowhound held special meaning for Lieutenant Danny McClain. Somewhere below, in the battered land of tulips and windmills, was the girl who needed rescuing, and he would move heaven and earth to find her.

©2012 Diane Moody (P)2016 Tantor Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance War US Air Force Air Force
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This could have been a much shorter and equally informative.There was an awful lot of padding for a basic story but I did find the description of the Dutch starvation and the reasons for it very interesting.Also I had no knowledge of the food drops so I learnt quite a lot ……shades of Gaza.
The narrator was possibly the worst I have encountered on Audible.

Terrible narration

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It was just ok very predictable I found the male narrative so false it was so unconvincing Sorry but not a memorable listen or story for me

Three Starsw

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I haven't reviewed a book for ages but for this one I had to tell other listeners how good it is. Give it a go.

excellent

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Story a little predictable but the harrowing description of how the people of the Netherlands survived the war made you want to read on. All in all an enjoyable read.

Great characters

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Cannot recommend this book. I found it excruciatingly boring. The writing style is that of Young Adult fiction. The writing was really basic and very juvenile. Every minute detail is spelled out to the reader, in long involved sentences, which conveniently provides padding for what would otherwise be a very short book. The characters are insipid and lacking in depth. Virtually every character is a stereotype, without any real emotion or nuances. The book claims to be exploring a specific event, close to the end of the war, Operation Chowhound. Yet, out of 500 pages, only 20 pages are devoted to this military operation. The narrator was terrible, with poor pronunciation and totally lacked depth and emotion.

Excruciating!

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