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2016 Christian Book Award finalist (Fiction category)
England, 1940. Clare Childs knew life would change when she unexpectedly inherited the Maggie Bright―a noble fifty-two-foot yacht. In fact, she’s counting on it. But the boat harbors secrets. When a stranger arrives, searching for documents hidden onboard, Clare is pulled into a Scotland Yard investigation that could shed light on Hitler’s darkest schemes and prompt America to action.
Across the Channel, Hitler’s Blitzkrieg has the entire British army in retreat with little hope for rescue at the shallow beaches of Dunkirk. With time running out, Churchill recruits civilian watercraft to help. Hitler is attacking from land, air, and sea, and any boat that goes might not return. Yet Clare knows Maggie Bright must answer the call―piloted by an American who has refused to join the war effort until now and a detective with a very personal motive for exposing the truth.
The fate of the war hinges on this rescue. While two men join the desperate fight, a nation prays for a miracle.
- Sales Rank: #1017619 in Books
- Brand: Tyndale House Publishers
- Published on: 2015-05-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.10" h x 1.30" w x 6.30" l, 1.25 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 368 pages
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
do not pass it up!
By lighthouse88
Tracy Groot’s novel is a deeply compelling work of fiction based on the historical record of the approaching Nazi troops at Dunkirk. Yet, there is deeper story of the faith, humility and bravery shown by the civilians during a time when England faced her greatest challenges. When youngsters hear about events, there is a certain amount of innocence still left as children often look at brighter moments in their world. Now, as people age, those events take on a deeper meaning and spur us on to action doing whatever it takes to save our nation. In Maggie Bright we see what the citizens of Britain did when facing demise some at the highest cost of their lives. Yet, they continued on fighting to protect life, country and preserving it for those who are yet to be born.
Knowing Tracy’s penchant for detail and thorough research, I was drawn immediately to her novel based on events at Dunkirk. Each step of the way contains quotes from various sources left behind for the next generation. The tale told is a heart-gripping one where characters seem alive and my imagination allowed med to see the action through their eyes. After I read the Author’s Note, I was simply silenced to think of the cost paid when they were engaged in WWII.
Novels like this should stir our hearts and call us to action in defense of the nation we live in as that mantle was passed to us by our forefathers. Men went to war not because they enjoyed the job they did, but because their hope was that the next generation would have a better life and America would shine brightly!
So read this novel to understand what happened at a point in history that called for a nation to pray, and then to act as He would lead. Above all, at the end of the novel, one spritely lady reminds us over and over again that our enemy is not flesh and blood but spiritual. We must fight on both fronts spiritually and physically with faith as well as courage. Why? So we can leave behind a legacy that says we fought the good fight of faith and by His strength we too can defeat any foe who seeks to destroy America.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Deb’s Dozen: A war, a girl, a yacht, a day of prayer – Dunkirk Rescue
By Amazon Customer
Deb’s Dozen: A war, a girl, a yacht, a day of prayer – Dunkirk Rescue
England, 1940. Clare Childs unexpectedly inherited the Maggie Bright, a two-masted, fifty-two foot yacht, sixteen feet at the beam. When Clare signed the transfer papers “she knew something sacred had been turned into her keeping—as if a spray of oath-taking fairy dust had erupted at the last scratch of the pen.”
Clare felt the sacredness of the bequest—the trust the previous owner had for her—why, she didn’t know—she hardly knew him. But she was determined to honor the gift—and the Maggie Bright. Clare decided to turn the yacht into a bed and breakfast and even had her first guest, the outspoken Mrs. Shrewsbury.
One of the first nights onboard, the women are startled at the break in by what turned out to be an American vicar searching for something. Mrs. Shrewsbury is certain he is a German spy. Clare doesn’t believe so, but can’t keep Mrs. Shrewsbury from contemplating the atrocities he might have committed if she hadn’t whacked him with the teapot.
Captain John, their neighbor, appears with the address of the gaol where the vicar is being held. Despite Mrs. Shrewsbury’s protestations, Clare decides to go see their burglar to see what it is he was looking for onboard. After visiting the vicar and finding out that he was searching for documents hidden there that could shed light on some of Hitler’s darkest and most dastardly schemes. Clare is pulled into a Scotland Yard investigation of a German spy in the area who is also on the hunt for the documents.
At the same time, Hitler’s Blitzkreig across the channel has the entire British army in retreat. They are all headed toward the shallow beaches of Dunkirk—though they have little hope of rescue. The King of England calls for a day of prayer—and Churchill calls for all civilian watercraft to join in the rescue, including the Maggie Bright.
Tracy has crafted an odd but believable lot of characters: from the somewhat ditzy Clare, the overbearing but kindly Mrs. Shrewsbury, Captain John whose son, Jamie, fights on the Continent with the army, a Scotland Yard detective seeking to uncover the truth, to an American who has refused to join the war effort until now and has secrets of his own.
I chuckled my way through the first chapters of the book greatly amused by the antics of Mrs. Shrew, as Clare calls her, and Clare herself as she tries to find out more about the ship, the documents, and herself. Then the tone of the book turns to the seriousness of the war and the conditions the Brits faced at home and abroad. I knew about Dunkirk and the rescue that had taken place there, but I’d never properly visualized the enormity of the effort until I read Maggie Bright. You will be captivated by the characters, entranced by the writing, and heart sore at what took place as the army struggles, individual by individual, toward Dunkirk. Tracy well-deserves the Christy Awards she has won for her writing—five stars!
I interviewed Tracy Groot at ICRS in late June and asked her why this topic. She told me her research goes way back. She had written Flame of Resistance about the French resistance in World War II. Steven Ambrose, the historian who wrote Band of Brothers, was the bridge from her previous novel to Maggie Bright: A Novel of Dunkirk. What she read about Dunkirk floored her. Churchill called the flotilla of boats of all sizes the Mosquito Armada.
Tracy was impressed with the heroism of the civilians and the power of prayer—she learned the beautiful simplicity and power of prayer when believers gather together to pray in one accord. On May 23, 1940, King George VI called for a day of prayer to be held on May 26, 1940. All of England gathered in their churches and cathedrals to pray for the deliverance of the army. Winston Churchill remarked about that day that when believers gather, more angels are there—that he could see a glow in the cathedral.
Tracy grew up in Wyoming, MI, as small town near Grand Rapids. She has an older sister and a younger brother. She has always loved to write, but when she became a Christian at age sixteen, she thought she had to swap her writing for her new life in Christ. Not until her late twenties did she understand that God had given her the gift.
When I interviewed her, Tracy had won two Christy Awards—one for Madman: A Novel
and one for Flame of Resistance. Later in the evening of the interview, Tracy won her third Christy—for The Sentinels of Andersonville. She told me later that she was absolutely floored to have won given the competition.
For her research for writing about Jonah, she actually jumped into the Mediterranean Sea at night to simulate drowning—the crew of the ship she’d chartered actually used the jump for a training video of rescue at night. She needed to talk to the sailors to get their views of the sea and asked the captain how to get them to talk with her. He told her to take them out for a beverage which they did. They wouldn’t talk until she “bottomed up” her glass—so she did! And then, slightly tipsy, continued the interview.
Note from Deb: Inexplicably, on the brink of the total annihilation of the British Army, Hitler stopped the Blitzkreig for three days—from the day the king announced the day of prayer to the actual day of prayer itself—May 23-26, 1940. “Two events immediately followed. Firstly, a violent storm arose over the Dunkirk region grounding the Luftwaffe which had been killing thousands on the beaches. And then secondly, a great calm descended on the Channel, the like of which hadn’t been seen for a generation, which allowed hundreds of tiny boats to sail across and rescue 335,000 soldiers, rather than the estimated 20-30,000.”
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Hard to Get into, but Powerful
By eLynda
For the most part, if there is a book set during World War II, I want to read it. I prefer stories dealing with people rather than battles, and if there is something unique about the book, so much the better. This particular novel takes place before the US entry into the war and deals with the evacuation of Dunkirk, which I was unfamiliar with, despite being enamored with all things British. This sets the novel apart from the many others I have read happening during WWII.
I honestly did not like this book at all for about the first 130 pages. My objections stem from the prose: it’s staccato, with short sentences that often didn’t make sense in or out of context. Largely due to some of the characters and understanding things from their perspectives, our knowledge is limited and made following the story very difficult at times. The only clear narrative voice belonged to Clare, and while this may be an ingenious plot device, it frustrated me as the reader. I found myself rereading passages in an attempt to understand the indecipherable, and I didn't like it. But somewhere along the way, my brain adjusted to the style and it started clicking with me. Whether that was due to some of the backstory we learned or just an adjustment within me, I can’t be sure.
I don’t know if it was because I had to fight so hard to connect, but once I did, the story packed a punch I did not expect. This book delved deep into my heart, pulling out harsh emotions of shame, horror and disgust, as well as those of joy, hope and pride. I can't explain it, I just know it did. I’m sure part of it is that my brother is a veteran of Afganistan and I know he experienced much of the horrors that played out fictionally before my eyes.
Raw. That’s the word for it. This story portrays war. At one point, I had a physical reaction to the book and sat in stunned silence with my hand covering my mouth, unable to even process what I had just read for a few moments. It isn’t sanitized, and there are somewhat graphic descriptions of the effects of war; mild British profanity runs rampant through the military scenes. This book is intended for an adult audience and I would recommend it only for mature older teens on up.
The real gem in this book lies in the research, especially the British perspective of the day and putting the reader squarely in an unfamiliar environment. For example, I had a hard time relating to their disbelief and thinking the world was over as a result of horrors revealed by the hidden documents aboard Maggie Bright. But then I stopped to consider that I have grown up with the knowledge contained in that packet, and it's history for me, not my present. Their reactions are not unlike my own at the news of extremist groups persecuting and martyring Christians. The difference is it's half a world away for me, even though it’s happening today; the monster was trying to beat down their door. Tension is intense in the latter part of the novel, as everything culminates in the several storylines and everything is brought to resolution.
Romance takes a back seat in this novel; there is some, but very little tension and not a lot of build up or resolution even—that is left for the reader’s imagination. We are given a slice of time in history and what fits within that frame, nothing more. The spiritual content is largely confined to prayer, what it is, how it works and the like. Secondary characters provide much of that as our protagonist and hero are still searching out what place faith has in their lives.
While the first part of the book frustrated me immensely, once I adjusted to the odd barriers to communication, I found a remarkable book with great power. I am without any more words. That is a fitting epilogue for this book, making me feel like one of those characters from the beginning of the novel that had trouble communicating. I have suffered trauma from the written word and I will never be the same. Ironically enough, had anyone told me this would be the case as I read those first chapters, I would not have believed it. I’m still not sure I believe it now, even though I’m the one asserting it, but that is precisely where this book has left me.
This review originally appeared at The Christian Manifesto (http://thechristianmanifesto.com/fiction/maggie-bright/), where I received an advanced copy from the publisher in exchange for this honest review.
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