My Mother’s Friend

Their forbidden love bloomed during the war. Will it survive peacetime?

Algona, Iowa. 1944. Phyllis ‘Phee’ Swensson cheerfully does her share. Busy caring for her father and siblings after her mother’s death, the high school senior tries to ignore the POW camp looming over her quiet hometown. But when she reluctantly joins a tour of the ominous facility, the gifted young pianist is stunned to hear an imprisoned musician’s haunting melodies.

Intrigued when the thoughtful man behind the music asks her to become his accompanist for an upcoming concert, Phee embarks on an unforeseen friendship. Yet as her feelings for the kind German deepen, choosing her path forward becomes dauntingly complex.

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