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Reviewed by Alice DiNizo for Readers' Favorite
Tina Boscha has written "River in the Sea", a poignant novel of the Dutch Friesans and how a family and a small town dealt with German occupation and the end of World War II. Based upon what the author learned from her mother about this time period, Boscha's story is an important addition to World War II fiction. It tells of how a brave and intelligent people survived under horrific conditions, lacking food and basic necessities of life. It is 1944 and Leentje De Graaf or "Leen", the story's main character, is fifteen years old. Driving her father's old truck on her way home from work as a housekeeper, she runs over and kills a German Shepherd guard dog at the German encampment near her home. She is forced to dig a grave for the dog but is spared further retaliation. Leen's family is frightened by this, fear what the German soldiers will do, and as a result, her father and brother go into hiding. Leen, her sisters and their mother hold themselves together and brave Leen trades salt that she steals for desperately needed food supplies. Local men join the Dutch Resistance, Queen Juliana returns from exile, but will Leen and her family surmount all that faces them?
"River in the Sea" is a well-written and well-edited account of those dark years of World War II when Nazi troops occupied Holland. Major and minor characters are three dimensional and totally believable; they fall, pick themselves up and carry on despite the threats of "razzias", visits to local households from the German soldiers. The interspersing of the Frieslander dialect in the text authenticates the story and is a nice addition."River in the Sea" is an important entry in the world of books, for the stories of brave people like the author's mother should be read and absorbed by many to prevent repeating times like those dark years of World War II.
