FICTION

Season of My Enemy

by Naomi Musch
Barbour. (Heroines of WWII, Bk. 6). Jun. 2022. 256p. ISBN 9781636092911. pap. $14.99. CF
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Since all available men are fighting for the Allies overseas; Fannie O’Brien bears the weight of her Wisconsin family farm on her shoulders. Her mother enlists the only help she can—German Prisoners of War shipped to the Heartland from the front lines. Fannie cannot imagine working alongside men who might have been shooting at her brothers and killing her friends. Days of doing hard manual labor side by side, however, cause her to realize the gap between her and the prisoners isn’t as wide as she thought. When the newsreels come out about the Nazi death camps, however, both Americans and Germans have to reckon with the atrocities of war and find a way to move forward in forgiveness and freedom.
VERDICT Avid readers will snap up this World War II homefront tale, which contains timely messages of overcoming prejudice. Musch (Song for the Hunter) weaves moral lessons with a gentle touch and strong background research. The unlikely friendships are reminiscent of classic stories like Bette Greene’s Summer of My German Soldier and Jack Cavanaugh’s Dear Enemy.
Reviewed by Christine Barth , May 01, 2022
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