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A very good read. And what makes it fascinating is the fact that they are all actual events. It vividly illustrates what lengths the locals went to to help these airmen. Literally putting their lives at stake to help strangers for a common cause.

Fast paced and very hard to put down, this book really gets you into the WWII evasion experience. The sense of urgency and suspense really comes through...my heart was racing as I read about downed airmen stealing clothes to blend in with the locals and racing away from the scene of the crash, sometimes right through German troops. This book really highlights the efforts and risk of the collaborators, and just how dedicated they were to doing their part in the war effort. A very highly recommended read!

I found this book gives a lot of insight to evaders and some of the less well known facts of the war. The book has a fairly fast pace but also has a lot of detail. The first three stories deal with downed flyers in France and Belgium who eventually made it to Spain and then British held Gibraltar. Spain was sympathetic to Germany, and treated evaders harshly until 1943 when it became politically necessary for them to develop a better relationship with the Allies.

The fourth story is of a later evader in Belgium who was able to meet the oncoming Allies in 1944 instead of going to Spain. The fifth story details the evasion of an entire bomber crew from the island of Corfu over to Albania. They stayed at a guerilla camp in the mountains and eventually escaped by ship to Italy after much hardship. The final story is of of a flyer who evaded through Italy. Originally captured by the Germans upon landing, he was released from jail with many others when Italy signed an armistice with the allies. He spent the rest of his time evading the Germans and travelling around Italy (with much help from Italian partisans) and finally escaping to the Allied lines after many setbacks.

One of the central themes of the book is the sacrifice made by the occupied population to feed and help the Allied fliers escape. Every story has a follow-up at the end about the later life of the evader and what happened to the people that helped them evade (if known).

Do not start reding this book if you have important things to do because you will not be able to put it down. The book chronicles the evasion of several downed airmen in WWII Europe, how they evaded, the people that helped them and the trials and risks they endured. It is well written and informative and will make you glad that you never had to fly in combat, bail out of a plane or crash land and find yourself in a lonely and hostile land.

"Aircraft down" by Philip D. Caine, sub-titled: "Evading Capture In WWII Europe". Brassey's, Dulles, Virginia, 1997

The author is a retired Brigadier General, United States Air Force, where he was once responsible for training at the Air Force Academy for "SERE (survival, evasion, resistance, escape). This gave him a professional interest in the history of evaders in Nazi occupied Europe. Philip D. Caine has also written books on Americans serving in in the Royal Air Force, (e.g. in the "Eagle Squadron") including "American Pilots In The RAF".

In this book, "Aircraft Down", he has drawn on his training and experience to write six separate stories, of individuals and crews, shot down behind the lines in enemy held Europe. The first three stories deal with Americans who were flying in the RAF. These three were fighter pilots, who came down alone. They were not alone on the ground, however, as they all needed the help of the local populace to escape Nazi searchers.

The fifth story is different: the entire crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress comes down on the island of Corfu, off the coast of Albania/Greece. Here, again, the common thread is that he local populace has to work together to first provide refuge for the evaders and then to provide a means of escape.

In all of the stories in this book, the author has worked to put a human face on the evaders. His research has been sufficient to give a personal memoir flavor to each story, and his follow-up on post war meetings, provides a sense of closure to the story. He relates the excitement when an evader meets the same woman working in the same field as on the day he was shot down, some 40+ years ago.

The book is concluded with a very short chapter entitled, "The Art Of Evasion And Survival", which points up that the personal resourcefulness of the downed pilot is often the key to a successful escape. General Caine has avoided the usual impersonal book, often written by General Officers, dealing with statistics numbers and unit identification, all at the "higher" strategic level. Instead, happily, he has used personal interviews and much research to provide a fine book telling the stories almost as if they were all personal memoirs.

This was a great story. One of the best political thrillers I've read in a long time. I would recommend it.

James Bruno's CHASM resonates with the authority of a man who's deeply involved in the intelligence community. The novel postulates a secret plan to keep peace in the Balkans: America will take in dozens of war criminals. Unfortunately, old habits die hard and soon the criminals are back in action, but now in the streets of America. When one man's family is caught in the crossfire, he strikes back. Strong, angry stuff: reminded me of James Macomber's A Grave Breach, also set against the ethnic conflict in former Yugoslavia.

CHASM raises some serious questions about what goes on in the White House. Key figures are adept at manipulatively climbing the ladder, while at the same time running programs which destabilize our country. Bruno throws in romance, plenty of spy-thriller moments, and even a few good laughs (like a sex-crazed First Lady). I highly recommend CHASM!

James Bruno's first novel, Permanent Interests, was such a page-turner I could barely wait to see what he'd come up with next. He didn't let me down. This time it's Chasm, the name of a top secret government program to resettle Balkan war criminals in the U.S. The program goes awry as the bloody thugs continue their armed feuding and massacres in the U.S. The corpses pile up, including women and children, just like in Bosnia and Kosovo. Of course, top White House, NSC and State Department officials responsible for Chasm set out to save their own asses at all costs; they launch a coverup which results in still more murders, including silencing of potential government whistleblowers. It seems no one is safe.

Bruno was a State Department and military intelligence operative in a previous life, and he uses his insider's knowledge of Washington's power corridors to make the whole yarn come frighteningly to life. He writes in the same vein as thriller authors Ludlum, Forsythe and Silva; his writing is simultaneously polished and gripping. What sets him apart, however, is his nuts and bolts portrayal of how government offices and agents really do things, from the locks on the doors to the classified cables to the bureaucratic backstabbing.

Chasm sounds plausible. Most unsettling of all, the book's scariest character, Will Ferret, is taken straight from the case of William Bradford Bishop, a Foreign Service Officer who bludgeoned his wife, mother and kids to death at their Bethesda, Maryland home one dark night in 1976. Bishop remains at large; does Bruno depict the fictional Ferret to reveal some inside dope on Bishop's current whereabouts? And did you know that the government actually had a top secret program to resettle (Nazi) war criminals that went on until 1973? That's the tantalizing appeal of a Bruno book; the scariest and sleaziest parts might not be fiction at all. The action in Chasm is fast and taut; you never know who'll be next to die, and there's sex tawdry and tender. This one will keep you up all night.

I really enjoyed CHASM. I confess that the first few pages of CHASM did not grab me. However, a few days later I picked it up again, and devoured it in one sitting. The author clearly commands considerable insight into the personalities of operatives, the policies, and the corruption at several levels of government. CHASM provides plenty of real history, and weaves in much of what we imagine is going on secretly, to spin a very plausible and exciting tale. The author develops a convincing cast of characters (many just as despicable as those we have been reading about in the newspapers). CHASM has couple of minor rough spots, but they are hardly noticeable, since the reading is so engaging and fast-paced. I am looking forward to reading more of this author's works.

Great book. Easy read. Ideal or high schooler reader, seems to be written more for that audience. Nonetheless, and excellant story of bravery and heroism, I'd recommend everyone to read this.

I loved this book. Part of the reason i did was because Stanley Edwards Jr. actually came into our 8th grade class to talk to us. He was the father of our World History teacher. His story on paper is great but hearing him in person was even more amazing. The book i dont think says this, but he died last year right before or right after the book was finished. At least his story will live on.

From an entertainment-value prospective, this book is about as good as it gets. Edwards' story is so gripping, so exciting, I was hooked immediately and was sorry when I came to the end. Phend organizes Edwards' story into a readable, novel-like book while seeming to preserve much of the language he used describing it to her. Meanwhile, I also managed to learn a few things about the war, D-Day, and the plight of Americans in occupied France.

This book tells a great story of "how it really was" for a young pilot shot down on D-Day. You get an intimate sense of the adventure, exhilaration, and teror that accompanied WWII soldiers every step of the way. The story of Stan Edward's repeated captures and excapes from Germans as he tries to get to the American lines is both exciting and realistic. This is a great read for all ages!

This book is very well written and easy to read! It brings perspective to those of us who have never been to war, and who have certainly not been a POW. A great story about survival. Julie Phend did a wonderful job capturing the mood and details of Stanley's experiences.

Jacques Sandulescu

I really enjoyed reading this book. I read it in one evening. It's a real page turner! It's a great book for the teenager, as the hero, Jacques Sandulescu is just 16 when he is captured by Soviet troops and sent to work as a slave laborer in a mine camp. Donbas is his true story how he survived and escaped. The sequel Hunger's Rogues is currently out of print but I found a copy through Amazon.

Amazing story. I'm glad it wasn't lost and is being republished. I bought two copies. This would be a great story for teenagers to read about endurance and survival (for all ages, but the story is easy to read and the guy is a teenager when he was captured by the Russians and sent to the slave camp). It is very remarkable story if even mostly true and now one of my favorite books.

When I met Jacques Sandulescu, I was a pasty college kid whose idea of exertion involved a highlighter and a textbook. Jacques was twice my age, a giant, rock hard, with hands that swallowed pens whole. Romania was deep in his past, as was his career as a professional boxer; in l968, when we met, he was a Greenwich Village bar owner.

Like Big Daddy Lipscomb --- the legendary giant of a football player who used to help opponents up "so the children won't think Big Daddy's mean" --- Jacques was a calming force in every room he entered. You couldn't imagine trouble erupting with him around; he was that big and strong. And, at the same time, peaceful --- he had the kind of calm only people who have passed through fire seem to know.

It wasn't until I read his book that I understood the horror Jacques survived.

"I was arrested in Brasov on my way to school," his book begins. And right there your stomach sinks. Because you know what's coming: a terrible story, told in unadorned prose.

Well, brace yourself, you're about to be devastated.

As "Donbas" opens, Jacques is 16 years old, 6 feet 2 inches tall, 180 pounds. He's the youngest person in the box car filled with Romanians that the Russians are shipping east in January of 1945. But his youth vanishes fast when he watches guards execute some would-be escapees. On one hand, he envies their death: "no more cold, misery, hunger." On the other, he wants to live. Which means he'll have to escape.

This is a book about noticing everything, paying sharp attention, looking for an opening. His first conclusion: Don't try to escape in winter, don't think you can get out of Russia without knowing Russian.

But after a few days of working in the mines of Donbas (now considered part of the Ukraine), his thoughts turn from escape to survival. The work is wet and cold. A cave-in could come at any time. Exhaustion, exposure, hunger --- death comes in many forms here.

I have never read an account of work in a coal mine that made me so claustrophobic. I found myself reading faster, as if getting to the end of a particularly horrible shift would provide some relief. But it didn't --- above ground, there were sadistic guards and icy winds. "Many prisoners died," Jacques reports matter-of-factly. "Over half the camp. Four hundred and fifty weak and sick weren't suffering any more."

Jacques is comparatively well off. He is strong and uncomplaining, a good worker. He gets privileges --- when he goes to nearby homes for dinner, it's a delight to read as he eats and eats and eats. But he's never fooled; there's always a power-mad guard around the corner. And one does beat him so badly he almost dies. Which makes it all the more satisfying when, with the permission of a senior officer, Jacques stomps that sadist mercilessly. "It was a good feeling while it lasted," he says. I think even a pacifist would agree.

After two and a half years, his luck runs out --- Jacques is trapped in a cave-in and rescued only by a friend's heroic efforts. He fears his legs will be amputated. He must escape. His legs are running with pus, he is a mass of sores, but he slips onto a train, hides in an open coal car and begins the slow, freezing ride to the West.

Books like this have a built-in handicap --- we know the author survived. Only the best of the breed make us forget that there's a happy ending. And this is the best; reading these pages, you will feel cold and hungry, raging with fever, wet and dispirited. But mostly, you will feel Jacques Sandulescu's spirit, his unyielding insistence on life, life in free air, life at all costs. And, after you put his book down, you will, literally, take a deep breath

I first read donbus in my sophmore year in high school. It was a 1st edition copy quite tattered and worn. I figured it looked easy enough to read to get my credit for the book report that would follow. In the week that followed, I became attached to the book. Every free moment was spent reading it. His story facinated me. I couldn't put it down. Needless to say, the book never made it back to the school library. I re-read it every year and enjoy it more and more. I contacted the author a few years ago and told him of my enjoyment of his work and how i had permanently borrowed the book. To my surprise, i recieved an autographed copy from him i treasure! This book is incredible. Read it and enjoy the story of one mans will to survive. You wont regret it!

I had first heard about Jacques Sandulescu through my father, after he loaned me the book, "The Carpathian Caper", a novel by Sandulescu and Anne Gottleib. It was a Topkapi-esque adventure, about a man's return to his homeland behind the Iron Curtain after being kidnapped by Russian soldiers as a youth and shipped off to a Soviet slave labor camp, escaping after a mine cave-in crushed his legs, escaping to freedom, working his way West from black marketeer in the Middle East and Europe, to prize fighter in the midwest to nightclub owner in New York. It deals with his friend's plans to embarass the Russian Government by the very high profile heist of priceless religious icons right from under their noses.

The lead character, Jack, was one of those impossible men, like Indiana Jones, Dirk Pitt, Jack Ryan or James Bond. Who knew that he was for real?

Donbas is his story, the true tale of a 16 year old boy's decent into the hell of the mines in the Donbas region of the USSR. His torture, his survival, his escape and his life since then is the stuff great movies are made of. So why is Hollywood sitting on their hands on this one?

Read the adventure, then rent movies like "Moscow On The Hudson", "The Owl And The Pussycat" and "Trading Places". Watch for a big, burly man with a thick Russian accent and say hello to Jacques.

Now a staple by my bedside, this book offers a no-nonsense overview of moving to a small town. Ms. Rogak outlines the various types of towns, interviews successful transplants, unsuccessful transplants and others. Among the most valuable parts of the book are the checklists for moving. Her advice is practical and obviously well researched by her own experience. The ancedotes, checklists and other snippets of small town life make this book easy to pick up, open to any section and begin planning! Planning a move? Dreaming like me? either way this book is a "must have" guide!

The pressures of urban living at the turn of the millennium have generated a lot of romantic longing for a return to small-town America. Lisa Rogak's Escape to a Small Town! cuts through the day-dreaming and deals with small-town living in an honest way that creates an invaluable resource for anyone considering such a change of location and life-style. Rojak isn't wearing any rose-colored glasses.

Escaping to a small town in New England worked for Rogak--but she lets readers know why it might not work for them. For example, if you're a mechanical and home fix-up klutz, you better consider how you'll accomplish repairs and maintenance with a foot of snow on your dirt road and without a two-inch-thick urban yellow pages at your elbow.

She also emphasizes that all small towns aren't alike. A small college town three hours out of New York offers a living climate different from a dusty cowtown six hours from a small city. Her checklists of points to investigate and consider dramatically increase the chances that you'll select a small town that suits your needs and personality.

Although the book emphasizes New England in its examples and descriptions, the points it makes are just as useful for someone considering a move to southern Oregon or the lakes region of Minnesota.

Beyond the choice of a town, Rogak suggests how best to introduce yourself to your new neighbors and adapt to the new lifestyle. Things to avoid get attention, too. For example, you may have a masters in public administration and years of local government experience as a citizen activist. But do yourself a favor and don't try to start running your new small town right away unless you want to be branded as some snob from the city who thinks he's smarter than the locals.

All in all, the simple economic return on this book -- money saved and problems avoided in relation to its modest price -- makes it a must-buy if even the slightest notion of a small-town move lurks in your heart or mind.

Many Americans dream of fleeing urban blight to a small town, but what is life in small town really like? Will someone who's used to the city enjoy a small town? And how does one find just the right small town?

Lisa Rogak answers these questions and more in ESCAPE TO A SMALL TOWN! She starts the reader with setting goals, choosing what *kind* of small town is best for you, how to find that town, and how to adjust to living there, including issues of employment, your kids, fitting in, and staying happy. Rogak also includes sections on what it's like to live in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Upstate New York--her end of the country, where many former urbanites head.

Rogak is careful, however, to not see small town life through rose-colored glasses--she points out (and includes examples of) different types of folks who think they might like small town living but turn out not to. After all, there are many advantages to living in a big city that just can't be found in small towns, like a wealth of shopping, plenty of jobs, and gourmet restaurants galore.

It's obvious that Rogak is writing from her head as well as her heart and truly wants to inform her readers and have them be happy with whatever decision they make. The book is written in a witty, folksy style that is easy to read and includes first-person accounts from others who have taken the plunge. Highly recommended for anyone who wonders what it's like to not lock your doors at night, to smile and chat with people in your local market, and to hear birds, crickets, and frogs rather than sirens, horns, and engines.

Kimberly Borrowdale Under the Covers Book Reviews

Escape to a Small Town, by Lisa Rogak

This is the ultimate "how to" book to assist you in creating a totally new life out of the congestion of the city or the daily urban/suburban stress grind.

It's been my wish to escape the constant traffic nightmares, the crime, the noise, and air pollution of the large metropolitan area I currently live. While I've toyed with various scenarios in planning my escape, until reading this book I was unable to combine my perceived needs with the realities of moving to a small town.

Of particular help is the classification system whereby small towns are categorized into three groups: a "drop out town," a "suburban small town," and a "small 'city.'" While the New England examples weren't particularly helpful, (since I have no idea what those towns are like) the descriptions helped me to categorize the possibilities on my list and better understand the implications of each choice.

With my better understanding and assessment of my needs, I now have much improved analytical tools to use as I research the various communities in the area that most appeals to me. While some of the methods were obvious (to me), the book suggests additional research techniques that will improve matching a community to my "ideal."

Further "frosting on the cake" are the several stories told of other "escapees" to small towns. A very enlightening description is the "Silicon Valley" couple's list of requirements they had for the "perfect" small town. (Having been employed in Silicon Valley myself, I can relate to their situation.) Unfortunately, the list of requirements are highly unrealistic. Simply seeing this list clarified my own unrealistic aspirations.

This book has given me the information and tools to work on my escape plan and give my plan a realistic chance at achieving the results that I want. It's probably saved me from either making a serious mistake in moving to a location that would prove personally disastrous (forcing yet another move) or continuing my life of 'quiet desperation' endured by living in one of the major metropolitan areas of the U.S.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who has had any "daydream" of escaping from the "big city." It just may help you turn your dream into a pleasant reality.

I like the way the author chose to frame the title in a positive Escape "to" instead of "from" (the big bad city). That and the fact that everything in the book forces the reader to understand not only the financial benefits of small town life, but the physical and emotional bonuses that come with slowing down and simplifying.

The list on pages 64-68 titled "Moving to a Small Town 101" is worth the price of the book alone (although I would retitle it "How to be a Human Being rather than a Human Doing")

A must read for anyone considering dropping out of the fast lane to smell the roses instead of the exhaust fumes.

I found this to be a book of possibilities. Inspirational! For anyone who intends to grow old I think this will inspire you to take chances and make some of your dreams come true. When life changes bring darkness this book will offer you light. Coulton has created a character whom after finding her life has changed forever breaks all the 'self made' rules and creates an exciting approach to living. Through Lily, Coulton offers endless opportunities for dreaming the life fantastic. Proving that when we take down walls and remove the box anything is possible! Looking foward to Lily's next adventure.

I throughly enjoyed the book, it made me cry at the end. I was somewhat surprised it was written by a male. I will definately share it with some friends. I do think it needs a new cover, it looks more like a travel guide.

Lily, with determination to move on with her life after suffering the death of her husband and a bout with breast cancer, plans a trip to Lisbon with an old friend, Hank, also widowed. She is horrified to find right before leaving that he has invited his children to accompany them. She tried to make the best of the altered plan, but the young people's pedantic, insular behavior clashes with her adventurous spirit, and everything changes.

Lily's tightly knit and very believable island community conflicts with her renewed embracing of life. Hank can't cut it and goes home with his children. What happens next is a skillfully drawn travel romance, spiced with gallows humor. As Lily reevaluates her own convictions and puts herself back together, she finds new strength and insights gleaned from her willingness to listen and learn new things despite her age.

This book should be a must-read for "seasoned citizens," as Lily calls herself. Bill Coulton, an introspective story teller, wields his pen like a surgeon's scalpel as he cuts away at staid traditions and superficial values. *Escape to Lisbon* is a rich read worthy of national attention.

I fell completely in love with Lily! I'd either like to BE her, or at the very least have her as a close friend and live vicariously through her spirit, sense of adventure, gutsiness, and moxie. Bill Coulton has done a wonderful job of skillfully weaving the many facets of Lily throughout this book. He also has given us a small cast of diverse characters, some of whom we warm to and some of whom we don't, but they all complement the book as a whole. Having no real sense of Lisbon beforehand, I inhaled the atmosphere of the city and surrounding area along with Lily, and by the time I finished the book I felt as if I'd been there myself. In spite of moments of intensity and excitement, this is basically a quiet and gentle book with many layers. The reader quickly becomes eager to go along for the ride and see how it all turns out for Lily. I highly recommend ESCAPE TO LISBON to anyone who enjoys rich characterizations and unique settings.

Lily Fuller, an elderly woman on Shaker Island, N.C. who is recovering from a mastectomy, is looking for a less restrictive life. She invites an old friend, Hank, to join her adventure in Lisbon. His children object to him going, so he brings along his son and daughter-in-law. Was it to placate them?

The heart of the book is Lily's story. The locale allows her a reawakening to life as she drinks in a new culture and environment. "Lily becomes free to be what she wants to be, when she wants, and how she wants."

The book made me reflect on my views on aging. Lily objected to "assisted living" and looks back on her "small life" on Shaker Island.

Also thought-provoking were the relationships between the grownup children, and Hank and Lily. It all rang true and forced me to reflect.

It is a thoughtful and sensitive story of real people who might be us.

This book was a eye opener to a friend of my daughters, she read the book and gave it to her girlfriend to read, because she new the situation the girl was in. Maybe one of these times she wouldnt be alive to see her girlfriend again. She didnt think she was worthy or could get someone better than what she had, a abusive boyfriend. Now her girlfriend is going out with a nice boy, he treats her well, totally different. It helped her see the difference of the abusive situation she was in, whether it was vocal or beating-hitting, it definitly made her think . She is very thankful to the author.

The author has given a lot of thought to this book - only 45 pages - very clear, concise, and effective. It is not just a passage or a brief example of an experience of domestic abuse, but the whole story. The psychology of the dynamics are woven into the story. I realize more from this reading how the problem of domestic abuse could happen to any woman, especially since the character, Leia, was a normal young woman, with many positives within herself, before she was in the abusive situation.

I clearly understand the situation of verbal and physical abuse after reading it. Sometimes you need to read it to realize you are living it. I will make sure my daughter reads this book before she starts dating.

Finally, a book that articulates and espouses the reasons behind violent domestic abuse. These words and insights from this author, are a ray of hope for those who are on this road of destruction. And to those who question, and do not understand the compelling reasons behind women[and some men]who stay in such horrific relationships--PLEASE read this book. I no longer finished the book when my sister swiped it from me, and handed it to a woman, who is living Leia's story. Ms. Guiser show the steps needed towards healing and self-discovery. And my hope is, that this woman will find through her story the inner strength and courage to leave, and to realise her value and self-worth as a woman. The knowledge, insight, and candor conveyed in this book is encouraging, refreshing, and valuable. To me, this is a true testament to this therapist and author, who seeks to break down the wall of silence, and to help those who see no hope.

The best part of this book is the way it teaches and tells a story at the same time. All readers will identify with the character Leia in the story. I found I couldn't put the book down once I started and as a working mother with limited time that says a lot about this author.

This story is about one woman's struggle with, perhaps, the most abusive person I have ever read about. A lawyer, member of the bar, and otherwise respected person, who uses everybody in his path for his own sick and demented purposes. But the worse of it is the permanent damage caused to the lives of two children who only wanted to please daddy, and longed for only one word of praise.

Once I started "Homesick for Nowhere" I could not put it down. The deeper I got into the story, the more anger and anxiety I felt. I don't know if I was more upset with Hanna for putting up with the abysmal and criminal behavior of Simon, her husband, with the legal system for perpetuating the situation, or with Simon for being a most detestable human being - no, not human, for no human being I know would so badly treat another. That the objects of his cruelty were a woman that loved him and two defenseless children is so despicable that I can't find words to describe my feelings. If this story were about real people, I would only pray that someday this monster would receive his reward and suffer in this life as he has caused others to suffer. To think that someone like this could be a practicing attorney, and perhaps a judge, even, could make me forever suspicious of any member of the legal system.

I recommend this book to everyone, especially to young adults so they can see how perfect love can go so perfectly bad, and so they might think about how there own lives might affect others.

A heart wrenching story of a young immigrant lady that had to overcome cancer and physical/mental abuse in marriage. Through sheer determination, she conquered these obstacles, coupled with a corrupt legal system of a "good boy" network. Await the next Eva Rennert book.

This account of domestic violence will dispel any previous thoughts you had that abuse of spouse and children happens in low income, low education families. This is an out-of-the-closet nightmare of a wife and mother trying to find help when the husband/father/abuser is an attorney of power. To compound the misery, Eva, the protagonist, is diagnosed with breast cancer and the abuse escalates.

Homesick for Nowhere is like discovering a stranger's diary that you eagerly read and can't put down 'till the very last page. I hope there will be a sequel.

A tale of one woman's instinct to survive, told in brutal reality that grips your heart and squeezes you long after you turn in the final page. I would love to see more from this author.

At one point in my life I seriously considered law as a profession,I never realized until reading this book how some lawyers can manipulate the law in personal devious ways. Hannah Wagner is put through hell in this revealing and riviting tale.If this is Eva Rennert's first bookk-I hope there will be many more.

A real page turner. I couldn't put it down. Aptly described as "part Anne Frank, part "The Great Escape" and part Marx Brothers. A plum for some actress, with a range from Lorelei Lee to Mother Courage.

Couldn't put this book down until I finished reading it, then wished that it had not come to an end. A beautiful story of how we can do anything if we put our mind to it.

I so admire and respect the strength & determination of this mother and her son.

Inspirational and entertaining. Julian recaptures the voice of a little boy and tells one of the great stories of WWII.

Julian Padowicz's perilous escape from Warsaw is an exciting adventure, made all the more engrossing because he conveys so much about his feelings and impressions of this time in his life. The young Julian, who seems at times wise beyond his years, has a wonderfully wry outlook on the varied circumstances in which he finds himself during the course of his journey. The author enables us to understand his doubts and fears, his joys and sorrows, and above all, his great need to connect with his mother. His story is truly a poignant and heart-warming chronicle.

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I enjoyed reading this book so much. It's one of those that you don't want to put down because you want to know what's going to happen next. Through reading this book, one sees how powerful love is and through courage lifes most difficult experiences can be overcome with a cherry on top. With our belief and trust in God - we can get through it all.

A true testament to the strength and courage of the author. Her ability to overcome one of life's unthinkable tragedies is an example for anyone who thinks they cannot triumph through adversity.

A novel that grabs at your emotions and plays a heart wrenching game of tug of war. An inspiring story. A must read.

This fantastic first novel is about the struggle and perseverance of growing up in a disfunctional family. It is a subject that few of us are aware of but many children experience. It's a must read for everyone. It will make you want to call your parents and tell them you love them and wake the kids to give them a hug. I can't wait for the next book!!!!!

This book is a gut-wrenching tale of intrique. Anyone that reads this book will be inspired to make it in life, no matter what they are going through. Karlon has shared a story with her readers that anyone can relate to. Great book!