Aidan Chambers — Postcards From No Man's Land
Random House 2007 Paperback, 338pp. "Jacob Todd is abroad on his own, visiting his grandfather s grave at the commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem in Amsterdam. There, he meets elderly Geertrui, who tells an extraordinary story of love and betrayal, which completely overturns Jacob s view of himself and his country, and leads him to question his place in the world. Jacob s story is paralleled in time by the events of the dramatic day in World War II when retreating troops were sheltered by Geertrui s family. ".", (ISBN: 9781862302846). Good.