Refugee

by Reece Pocock

A sensitive, emotional-driven tale by and an excellent writer - said Enas Book Review.Stands out and stays with you long after you've done reading - said Book Tweet.Story of survival and healing in the land of the enemy - said crime writer Peter MulraneyWW2 changed the world, but most of all, it changed Rolf, Bill, and Elaine who were victims of the carnage.Somehow they had to learn to love again when they came home. In this gripping family saga, we see redemption as wounded soldiers survived the war.The men who returned from war were scarred. Their physical wounds healed, but their mental scars remained. The women who were left behind without their loved ones had to learn to cope with a life without their men. WW2 dramatically affected the lives of German soldier Rolf Krieger after his family is wiped out at the nightmare in Dresden. Australian soldier Bill Kelly returns home wounded and racked with disease. Bill's sister Elaine Forman lost her husband in New Guinea. They all met after the war and tried to get on with their lives, but memories of the trauma they suffered came back and haunted them. The past intruded into the present as if the war had never ended. Rolf married Bill's sister after a torrid love affair, but soon after he discovered the devastating truth about Bill’s war record. The consequences placed the two men's lives in jeopardy. Danger threatened families, marriages, friendships, and relationships

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Reece Pocock lives in Adelaide, South Australia, with his wife Marilyn, and after a short Army calling, he enjoyed a business career in sales and management. He had a major role in introducing the Bobcat Skid steer loader to the South Australian market.
However, as an avid reader, Reece's passion was to become a writer. He used this knowledge to launch his career with Marilyn's encouragement. He studied for four years and obtained his Advanced Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing). With these qualifications, he had to decide whether to become a novelist, a screenwriter, a short-story writer, an article writer, or children's stories. He tried all five with some success.

As a novelist he completed three novels, Murder on Display, (now published by Custom Book Publications) a crime story about a psychopath who displays his victims. The Soldiers, a German immigrant faces prejudice in Australia. The Politics of Murder is about a clandestine nuclear dump in Western Australia, and the associated political intrigue that followed. He is researching a fourth.
His major success as a screen writer was a high commendation in the Di Cranston Award administered by the Fellowship of Australian Writers, for his adaptation of The Soldiers.
Reece won the Burnside short-story contest. The on-line magazine TheCheers published twelve stories. The Crime Writers of SA anthology published, The Girl in the Red Beret and What a Dirty Little Town.
TheCheers published sixty articles written by Reece, mostly about politics, and he writes regularly for an Earthmoving magazine with a national circulation.
He has also written several children's stories.

Reviews

[Colin Baldwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. I enjoyed this novel, particularly the historical details and the contrast of time frames. Well done, Reece. CB

[Gill Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author has done a wonderful job and a lot of research writing tis book. It follows the traumatic times of the war and its aftermath. Rolf the main protagonist comes to Australia to escape the horrors of the war, losing his family and nearly losing his life. He has suffered greatly and is still suffering mentally ,physically but more so his mind is damaged. Finally he finds a kind of peace when he is confronted with the ghosts of the past in an unexpected way. The author was very clever here the way he intertwined the main characters stories. For me personally I struggled rather with the concept that all tings English were bad, there was nothing positive in that regard. However it is still a great story and I recommend.