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Adams Family Saga #14
Churchill's People
It is 1941 and the country stands alone with its troops against Nazi Germany. The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, induces a determination to endure in his people which is shared by the Adams family. Emma settles into married life, and Boots and his wife Polly have some unexpected news.
379 pages, Paperback
First published January 2, 1999
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Mary Jane Staples
62 books44 followersMary Jane Staples is a pseudonym used by British author Reginald Thomas Staples (1911-2005). He is also published under the name Robert Tyler Stevens, R.T. Stevens, and James Sinclair.
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March 8, 2025
Very good read. Adams book 14.
This book is set in 1941, starting where the previous book left off. Eloise Adams is training, or further training for advancement to further rank. Tim is still in the commandos and engaged to Felicity and we see their meetings and how she is trying to keep a brave face on everything. Rosie is preparing for her wedding to Matt Chapman a garage owner. Sammy is himself, there are interludes with all the Adams family and we also see the commandos in battle. Bobby and Helene are training with the SOE. ( Special Operations Executive) but Lt Bobby Somers is attached to his artillery unit and Helene to a FANY unit ( First Aid Nursing Yeomanry). There is a surprise in store for Mr and Mrs Robert (Boots) Adams.
Highly recommended.
This book is set in 1941, starting where the previous book left off. Eloise Adams is training, or further training for advancement to further rank. Tim is still in the commandos and engaged to Felicity and we see their meetings and how she is trying to keep a brave face on everything. Rosie is preparing for her wedding to Matt Chapman a garage owner. Sammy is himself, there are interludes with all the Adams family and we also see the commandos in battle. Bobby and Helene are training with the SOE. ( Special Operations Executive) but Lt Bobby Somers is attached to his artillery unit and Helene to a FANY unit ( First Aid Nursing Yeomanry). There is a surprise in store for Mr and Mrs Robert (Boots) Adams.
Highly recommended.
November 1, 2024
This book is the next part of a series set in the war with the usual characters and circumstances. The majority of the plot featured Rosie and her upcoming wedding.
February 22, 2016
I definately had mixed feelings about this one and would have liked to have rated it 2 1/2 or "I thought it was okay". I liked the war parts that tell the story of what it was really like during spring of 1941, early summer, in Great Britain. I also like all the humour in the book, especially all the funny things the matriarch of the family says, Chinese Lady.
But what I diskliked in this book was all the sexual tension, all the sexual teasing between the couples, the sexual inuendos and the sex described. There has been none of that really in the previous books I have read in the series, and while I thought my soon 13-year-old daughter might enjoy the previous three books that I have read, I will for sure not put this one in her hands. Yes, perhaps that is how people spoke to each other back then, how do I know, but I didn't like that part.
But what I diskliked in this book was all the sexual tension, all the sexual teasing between the couples, the sexual inuendos and the sex described. There has been none of that really in the previous books I have read in the series, and while I thought my soon 13-year-old daughter might enjoy the previous three books that I have read, I will for sure not put this one in her hands. Yes, perhaps that is how people spoke to each other back then, how do I know, but I didn't like that part.
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