Feed Thy Enemy by Sue Parritt
Feed Thy Enemy
In this heart-warming
narrative based on a true story, a British airman embarks on a plan that risks
it all to feed a starving, war-stricken family.
Thirty years after serving in World War
II, middle-aged Rob’s holiday plans see an unforeseen change that leads him on
a coach tour of Italy. Struggling with post-war PTSD and depression, he
reluctantly agrees to the journey – and sparks a dream that plunges him into
long-stifled memories.
Set
in Europe, Sue Parritt’s Feed Thy Enemy is an account of
courage and compassion in the face of trauma. When Rob’s flashback delves into
his attempts to save a famished family with a series of increasingly daring
raids on his army’s supply stores, will he trigger suppressed remembrances of
past war, love, and sacrifice – and find the strength to confront them in the
present?
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Rob struggles with PTSD years before it is recognized as such. He has a wife and daughters, struggles to hold onto a job but has found ways to cope with his night terrors and dark days.
This is a story about a forced vacation and a sly plan by his wife of many years to force him to face the places and causes of his darkness, hoping that to face the beginnings will help him heal.
The characters are well developed and the emotions are raw and complex.
History buffs and those familiar with depression and PTSD will appreciate this compassionate tale.
Come visit me again mid September when I feature another book by this author!
Author Bio – Originally from England, Sue
worked in university libraries until taking early retirement in 2008 to
concentrate on creative writing. Since then she has written short stories,
articles, poetry, a short TV drama script and six novels:
Sannah and the Pilgrim, first in a trilogy of a future
dystopian Australia focusing on climate change and the harsh treatment of
refugees from drowned Pacific islands. Odyssey Books, 2014. Commended in the
FAW Christina Stead Award, 2014.
Pia and the Skyman, Odyssey Books, 2016. Commended
in the FAW Christina Stead Award, 2016.
The Sky Lines Alliance, Odyssey Books, 2016.
Chrysalis, the story of a perceptive girl
growing up in a Quaker family in swinging sixties’ Britain. Morning Star Press,
2017
Re-Navigation recounts a life turned upside down when
forty-year old Julia journeys from the sanctuary of middle-class Australian
suburbia to undertake a retreat at a college located on an isolated Welsh
island. Creativia Publishing, 2019.
Feed Thy Enemy, based on her father’s
experiences, is an account of courage and compassion in the face of trauma as a
British airman embarks on a plan that risks all to feed a starving,
war-stricken family. Creativia Publishing, 2019.
Sue’s current project, A
Question of Country, is a novel
exploring the migrant experience through the protagonist’s lifelong search for
meaningful identity.
Passionate about peace and social justice issues, Sue’s
goal as a fiction writer is to continue writing novels that address topics such
as climate change, the effects of war, the treatment of refugees, feminism and
racism. Sue intends to keep
on writing for as long as possible, believing the extensive life experiences of
older writers can be employed to engage readers of all ages.
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