Alfred Langer

Plot:

This book was based on the true story as told by the author.

Character Development:

You begin to care about the characters very early into the book. From the son having to leave home for the first time, to numerous soldiers taking over houses and farms to even bigger and horrible situations, you feel for each person.

A running theme in the book was how the family stuck together. They didn't have any of the luxuries we are so accustomed to having nowadays. Children didn't have toys, clothes show more were hand-me-downs and often made by the mother, and food was whatever they could scrounge up.

As you keep reading, you end up becoming friends with the family and rejoice when things go their way, and feel a pit in your stomach each time they are thrown another curve.

Editing and Writing Style:

The writing style of this recount is beautiful, sad, touching and honest. You aren't simply told what the family had to go through, but you actually went through the trials along with them. As a reader you felt as you were part of the family and had something to lose or gain along with them. show less