Back Behind Enemy Lines, by Chris Bridge
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Back Behind Enemy Lines, by Chris Bridge
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1944 and Anna is parachuted into Normandy as a special agent working with Resistance Groups, spying on the Germans and wiring the information back to the Special Operations Executive, escaping capture and the inevitable torture that would follow.
She falls in love with Pierre, another SOE agent but finds he is not what he purports to be. Then there is the little matter of the Gestapo officer who has guessed her secret. Alone, Anna has to make some terrifying decisions to survive and to ensure the impending invasion remains secret.
It is 2006 in England, where her husband has died and Anna lives alone. Her children are spying on her and plot to put her in a home so that they can sell her house for their own ends. Anna is determined to retain her independence. She falls back on her wartime skills, recruiting Nathan and his girl friend Gemma to help her and becomes close to them as she never was with her own children.
But it is only when she returns to Normandy and confronts the ghosts of her past that she realises how the war had taken its toll on her loveless marriage and her children. She makes the ultimate sacrifice and finally finds the peace and redemption that had evaded her all these years.
‘A contemporary story which pits generation against generation … suspenseful, poignant and funny ... This was a world I didn't want to leave when I came to the end of the book.’ Helen Cadbury, To Catch a Rabbit
Back Behind Enemy Lines, by Chris Bridge- Amazon Sales Rank: #9163101 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-02
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .89" w x 5.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 356 pages
About the Author Chris Bridge was born in Hull, England in 1947. He studied English and Philosophy at Nottingham University and became a teacher after graduating. He eventually became Headteacher of Huntington School, York, and finished his school career as a National Leader of Education. He has been a regular contributor to poetry magazines and his poems have featured in the winning lists of Hippocrates and Stanza poetry competitions. Back Behind Enemy Lines is his first novel. He lives in North Yorkshire.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Suspenseful and heartwarming! Anna is a strong heroine. By Michael Nail for gimmethatbook This review originally appeared on my blog at www.gimmethatbook.com.Many thanks to Publishing Push for offering this book in exchange for this honest review. At the end of the review there’s a link to enter our contest for a FREE ePub version of this book!!BACK BEHIND ENEMY LINES is two stories in one. The first part of the book follows Anna as she fights in WWII as a spy: her triumphs, her fears, her growth as a person, and ultimately, her tragedies that shape the rest of her life. The wartime details were gritty and captured the sense of despair and hardship throughout France at that time. The story is completely plausible, and paints Anna as a steady and hard working woman, with perhaps too tight a hold on her emotions. When her situation develops a twist, she has no one to rely upon except herself. I found a good deal of suspense in this part kept me reading, wondering what would happen next.The second part of the story takes place in 2006; Anna is home and suffering the expected health and mental issues of a 90 year old woman. Her children are hateful, greedy, and loathsome, gathering together to see how quickly they can put her in a home and take her house and money for themselves. Anna, decrepit as she is, digs deep inside herself to regain the mental strength she once possessed and thwart her offspring. Purely by chance she develops a friendship with two teenagers, who help her in her final quest to return to France and put answers to questions that have plagued her all her life.This part also held suspense for me; I liked elderly Anna much better and felt she was a very sympathetic character. Unfortunately this situation is all too true in today’s world, and people forget that seniors have memories dear to them and were accomplished people in their younger days, they should not be viewed as a burden or problem. It was heartening to see how Anna grew interested in life again, and the reader will feel her getting stronger as the book progresses. Each scene with one of the horrid children is appropriately enraging–there was plenty of times I wanted to smack each one of the ingrates over and over again.Finally Anna is able to lay down the burden she has been carrying for years as she shares her memories with Nathan and Gemma. Their dialogue is realistic, and the author does a great job of contrasting the elderly Anna and youthful Gemma, by accurate physical descriptions and also by both characters’ internal monologues. The ending is thought provoking, wistful, and triumphant at turns. There could have been many ways the story would come to a close, and Bridge brings everything together in a satisfying and real way. Anna is strong and maintains her sense of self throughout, right up to the ending, which will not be obvious until the book is almost over. I spent some time thinking about Anna and her motivations; the author has created a masterpiece with this fictitious woman who will warm your heart and make you think about how your own life will be when you get old. BACK BEHIND ENEMY LINES is one of the most unique books I’ve read this year so far. I look forward to more by Chris Bridge.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. WW2 Normandy France 1944 By Roses are Amber Back Behind Enemy Lines is a historical fiction, the first part is set in 1944 in Normandy during WWII, the second part is in 2006, England.Anna Julen is about to be parachuted into Normandy as a special agent, she's part of a Special Operations Executive and from now on she is Marie-Claire Cardon, niece of Madam Desaint and milkmaid. Alone in a dangerous time she must hide her radio, blend in with the locals and start finding information to send back home. She works long hours, up early to milk the cows and goats delivering milk and cheese, eyes and ears open to everything. As Marie-Claire she cycles miles observing and mapping German gun placements and movements, always in danger of arrest.To gather further information Marie- Claire must set up her own network of local spies and helping the resistance, her first recruit is seven year old Franck. Everyone is waiting for the allied invasion, both German and resistance activity is increasing. Marie-Claire's group help others sabotage railway tracks and communication lines. In May a new agent is sent out, Pierre, young and healthy he must be kept out of sight or he'll be questioned as to why he is not fighting at the front.I loved reading about Marie-Claire, she showed such extreme strengths and bravery. In July the invasion came, the frontline moved and the British came to the rescue, Anna's job was over. I wondered what the rest of the book would be about and if it would keep my attention.Part two is about Anna, it's now her ninetieth birthday, her husband Ronnie has died, she has three grown up children. They want to run her life, move her to an old folks home, remove her independence. But Anna resists, she's back behind enemy lines and her old dormant training re-ignites. She recruits two youngsters to help her and decides it's time to lay some ghosts to rest, re-turning to Normandy for answers and forgiveness. Part two kept me just as enthralled as part one and I was up late reading into the night to get to the end of this wonderful book.This review is based on a free copy of the book given to me by Publishing Push in conjunction with Peach Publishing.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ‘Captivating and Compelling’ By John Fish Sometimes I come across a novel, that grabs hold of me and will not let go until I have completed the book and sometimes that book would do well set on the small screen as a TV drama. ‘Back Behind Enemy Lines’ by Chris Bridge has it on both accounts. This is an exceptional debut novel.This is no ordinary wartime novel, Anna is one very brave woman that in the end I am just pleased she was on our side. There is the story of a determined brave British agent parachuted into Normandy in 1944 ahead of the D-Day invasions working with French Resistance groups. Anna’s role was to spy on German activity in the area ahead of the invasion. Trying to avoid capture and almost certain death. This in an insight to what life must have been like for British agents in France during the war.During her time in Normandy she meets Pierre another Spy and falls in love, things don’t always go the way you believe and hope. Is Pierre all that he says he is? During this time she almost is caught this is where a ranked German officer comes in and another twist in a story that is highly believable. Then the D-Day landings take place, is the end of the story, no. The author then brings the reader to 2006 and Anna finds herself elderly and alone and another finds herself at war again and this time with her children who are spying on her this time as they want to put Anna in a home and cash in on the house. Recalling her wartime experiences Anna recruits Nathan and his girlfriend Gemma to help her stay in her home. They head back to Normandy and to where Anna was based as the British agent the past comes back to Anna and everything that took place during her time there. This is an emotional story packed with drama and passion that the author brings in his own style that makes the reader feel they are present with Anna. This is an exceptional book that delivers on all fronts and will not disappoint anyone reading this debut novel. I await with anticipation how Chris Bridge follows this.HIGHLY RECOMMENED
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