Naomi Musch: Season of My Enemy

 By Kelly Bridgewater

'Get Your Farm in the Fight' - The Realities of WWII Come to a Wisconsin Farm

Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this series celebrates the unsung heroes’ the heroines of WWII.

Only last year, Fannie O'Brien was considered a beauty with a brain, and her future shone bright, despite the war pounding Europe. With her father's sudden death and her brothers overseas, Fannie must now do the work of three men on their 200-acre farm’ until eight German prisoners arrive and, just as Fannie feared, trouble comes too. Someone seems intent on causing 'accidents," and Fannie is certain the culprit is one of the two handsome older Germans’ or possibly both. Can she manage the farm, keep the prisoners in line, and hold her family together through these turbulent times?

 

My Thoughts:

Seasons of My Enemy by Naomi Musch is a story about the different seasons on a Wisconsin farm during World War II. The story surrounds around Fannie and the O’Brien family. With two sons gone for the harvest season because they are fighting over in Europe, the matriarch of the O’Brien family decides to hire German Prisoners of War. Of course, having them close to the American create conflict and strife through the O’Brien family. The writing was realistic and showed the struggles of the American people. Much different scenario’s than the European front of the World War II front. Most European World War II stories show how little amount of food there was, but in Musch’s story, there was food of plenty on the O’Brien’s family throughout the entire story. While the writing was descriptive, I had a really hard time struggling with the romance and the plot. Fannie has a sparking romance with one of the POW’s, and I have a hard time buying this. Not that it did not happen during World War II, but the way the story was told, it just did not ring true for me. Similarly, the plot did not seem that interesting. There was a conflict in the middle of the story that was obvious, and I knew something like that was going to happen. Most of the story was the same thing over and over again. Working on the field by harvesting a certain vegetable, then moving onto a different vegetable. Conflict with the POW’s. Romance. Worry about the brothers overseas. Overall, Seasons of My Enemy by Naomi Musch was a different story with sharing about the American warfront. The plot needed more of a conflict to entice the readers.

I received a complimentary copy Seasons of My Enemy by Naomi Musch from Barbour Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.

My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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