I have just found this and it's a super story, very reminiscent of an excellent book by Tanya Allen on Lulu. As has been said, it captures the mood of the times very well and has a considerable amount of reality. Very well written.

Hugs,

Susie

I first read this story many many years ago. I enjoyed it immensely then and very much this time, the second time. It is a **great** story, well told with good characterization.

Yours from the Great White North,

Jenny Grier (Mrs.)

Hugs, Fran

I've read this story before, but it is one that repays rereading. The writing is good, and the whole thing has a nice detailed texture. I enjoyed it very much.

Best wishes, Andrea.

Very well written story.It shows very well the pain everyone had to fight during the 2 WW.To pack this stuff in a nice agentstory is much better,even it shows not al germans are bad,espacially the regular troops!
This story is worth a second reading!
To put a TG in the story is even better.
I whish there is more stuff like this to read,
love and hugs
Sidonie

Never read it before which is odd as I've read most of Julie_O's stuff.

Nice to have background on Beth's - "Change of Course, The Protector" and other Julie_O series - grandmother. This also explaned how she got into the spy business. Though she's not Beth's genetic Grandmother, it's seems the personality and drive to succeed has passed down from her through her adoptive daughter and on to Beth fortunately surviving the genetic transformation that made him a girl.

A stort story by her current standards but good. A lean, compelling read. Though I write in Whateley Fan Fic and mostly with a humorous bent, I'd be happy to write as well and Julie manages to do it for the serious and the lighthearted stuff.

Thank's Amelia for re-posting it. However, about you and Itinerant's creation, Ma'at, and her singing...

John in Wauwatosa

What an amazing story, glad I took the time to read it.

JC

It captured the scenes and their moods very well. It had enough bckground and details to make it realistic, and the emotions felt real.

What more can you ask for, a fine, heartwarming ending?

It had that, too.

Aardvark

I just wanted to say 'thanks' for putting this up on BGTS too. It's one of my favorite non-Ally-Burns stories by JulieO, and so I'm glad to see it gettting wider distribution.

For those who haven't seen how this ties in with the world of Ally Burns and/or Beth Williams, most of the stories of the Julie-verse are in the proper (meaningful) order on Crystal's StorySite, where I started reading JulieO's work. I recommending reading all those stories, to get a better understanding of Andrea Carlson's place. I also recommend starting at the beginning, because many of JulieO's stories will have obscure refs to previous (or concurrent) stories in the Julie-verse, and they're much more entertaining if oyu have some idea of what the heck the ref is!

Love,
Diane

Found this on Stardust, than came to see if it had been posted here, I'm glad to find it has. Not only is this a wonderful story, it also has a air of authenticity. My mother's mother's family is Norwegian, and I had the honor to meet one of my relatives who was active in the Norwegian Resistance. For whatever reason, the night we met he was uncharacteristically willing to talk about some of his experiences in the Norwegian Resistance (including his eventual capture and inprisonment in a concentration camp in Poland, where he managed to survive until it was liberated by the Russians in 1945), but those stories are not mine to tell. However, some of the details here remind me of his experiences, which makes me enjoy this story all the more.

Diane, or Julie, how about a guide to these stories placing them in the proper order for those of us just finding them for the first time? I have things I need to be doing, like editing/rewriting a new story of mine, but I'll have to take an extra day or two while I get some enjoyment of my own!

Thanks to JulieO for writing this, and Amelia R. for submitting it!

Love & Hugs!
And a special Thank You to the Greatest Generation!
Karen J.