In 1943, American airman Ted Brice's plane crashes in a Belgium forest after an aborted attempt to bomb a German munitions factory. He is rescued and sheltered by the Maquis, the Belgium resistance.

APPEAL: The author describes the terror of the Nazi occupation. The reader can sense the starkness of the lives of the villagers.

NOTES (language, violence, sex, humor, satire):
Some sex (not graphic), some language

DESCRIPTOR:
World War II, man woman relationships, Belgium

SIMILAR AUTHORS:
Anita Brookner

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DATE/STAFF: 4/13/1995 / AMI