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I do own a memoir by Corrie Ten Boom, The Secret Place, which I plan to read soon. I was debating which one I should read first and decided on this biography and then I would compare to the memoir. Also, the one prison supervisor who helped her and her family and who was Saved and became a Christian met with Corrie after the war and he had mentioned to her that he had been in prison himself, but didn't say what for and why he was let out. Was he found out to be helping Jews and he was imprisoned by the Nazis? Was he imprisoned after the war for war crimes by the Allies? No explanation. must tell people what we have learned here. We must tell them that there is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still. They will listen to us Corrie, because we have been here."
Look at me, venturing into the nonfiction genre! For the most part, I review fiction for Life is Story. Every so often, though, I come across a nonfiction book that piques my interest, and The Watchmaker’s Daughter by Larry Loftis pulled me in from the moment I saw its subject: Corrie ten Boom. Growing up in a Christian home and attending a Christian school, I grew up hearing her incredible story. Fellow drama students used excerpts of The Hiding Place for district and state competitions. Corrie ten Boom spoke at my grandmother’s church before I was born. I knew of her heroism during World War II, but I wanted more—and my goodness, did Larry Loftis deliver! Thrilled to announce that Barnes & Noble has chosen THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER as one of its 12 nonfiction books for its 2023 reading guide! I really liked the added details and information that the author made available in this wonderful book. He did an excellent job. However, he had an amazing Lady to write about. Now, I unfortunately know much more about not only The Holocaust but, about Holocaust deniers and the irrational hatred of Jews. At this time in history, antisemitism has raised its ugly head higher than usual.To avoid spoilers, I won't mention too much about how the ten Boom's Christianity is tested and how their hope is incredible under the circumstances. Anyone looking for a story about faith overcoming all odds will not be disappointed. The biographical facts are overall correct as far as I could see, and the new bits that aren't in Corrie's own memoirs ( The Hiding Place, to which this can be read as a complementary book) as well as the photographs are much appreciated, but this biography suffers a lot from the terribly disorganised and choppy writing. It needed better editing, and to polish the phrasing that is awkward and repetitive in so many places that this isn't quite a smooth read because of that.
Mr. Loftis has greatly enriched the ten Boom story with well-researched additional material . . . Corrie ten Boom’s indomitable faith in the face of evil was extraordinary, and The Watchmaker’s Daughter recounts a story that deserves to be remembered." — Wall Street JournalRecognizing the effectiveness of the BBC and Radio Oranje, Seyss-Inquart issued a “Measure for the Protection of the Dutch Population Against Untrue Information.” It stated that the Dutch should be protected from “false news,” and that only Nazi stations would be officially sanctioned. As expected, the law declared that anyone caught listening to the BBC or Radio Oranje would be severely punished.” Corrie Ten Boom is one of my heroes. I love her so much, this book did not do her justice. It is called The Watchmaker's Daughter but very little of the book is about Corrie (who was also a watchmaker in her own right.) The book jumped from person to person but if anyone is the main character of this book it is Hans Poley which makes so little sense. The author also brings Anne Frank and Audrey Hepburn to the story when they have no connection to the Ten Booms other than being in the Netherlands during the war. The book read at about a 7th-grade reading level (though I think it is aimed at adults) and it felt that way. It was also disjointed and hard to figure out what was going on. He kept referring to people hiding from the Nazis as 'divers' which was weird and distracting.
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