![]() ![]() It took me a lot longer than I had anticipated getting around to reading this book but it lived up to my hopes and expectations once I did.įollowing a pilot who crash landed in Nazi occupied Germany, this hard hitting historical doesn’t shy away from the details – as told by the pilot herself. It was lovely to meet her and I’m glad that I got that chance. I’ve always been fascinated by World War II stories so I was incredibly pleased when I was gifted a copy of this book by the author herself when I met her at Dundee Literary Festival last year. The story begins in “Verity’s” own words, as she writes her account for her captors. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly and before long become devoted friends.īut then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. ![]() Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II: one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. ![]() Source: Hardback copy gifted by the authorĬode Name Verity is a compelling, emotionally rich story with universal themes of friendship and loyalty, heroism and bravery. Published: May 12th 2012 (First published February 6th 2012) ![]()
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