Mutti's War

Mutti's War by M.J. Brett. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780974886909.

Muttis War is the story of Regina Wolff, a rather delicate young German mother who is forced to smuggle her three small boys out of East Prussia when the Russians surround it in 1944. Though the story takes place during the years of WWII. Regina could just as easily have walked off the six-o-clock news, Wherever theres a war, its the warrior about whom stories are written. But its the woman left behind who must find strength to protect and reunite her family when the battle are over. Regina begins as a privileged, but politically naive young woman who trusts her adored husband to make all decisions for the family, in the custom of Europe in the 1930s and 40s. But in 1944, Regina must defy Nazi authority and subject herself and her children to a dangerous trek across war-torn Europe in her attempt to survive and find her missing husband. Alone, Regina must achieve political and emotional awakening and learn to make life and death decisions, in spite of their painful consequences.