Summary of Eva Taylor's My Mother's War

By IRB Media

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#1 I grew up in a small second-floor flat in The Hague. I was four when my parents and I moved there, and my earliest memories are of playing in the ruins that surrounded our block of flats, an area heavily bombed towards the end of the war.

#2 Sabine’s life was very comfortable when she was young. She was the fourth child and only daughter of Sabine Schlette and Louis Zuur, born in Semarang, Java, Indonesia, in 1918. Her brothers were seven, eleven, and twelve years older. She was adored by the family. But when her father died suddenly when she was around fourteen years old, her life changed.

#3 Taro and Sabine were in love, but they kept their relationship secret. Taro was bored in Zeeland, so he began writing letters to Sabine. On October 23, 1939, during a flying session, his plane crashed, and he was wounded. He and his copilot escaped with light injuries.

#4 Taro began to feel doubts about marrying Sabine. He was worried that he would never see her again, and he felt that their relationship was not as serious as it was supposed to be. He was also busy with war preparations, and his ten-day punishment was terminated after a few days.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822564206

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#1

I grew up in a small second-floor flat in The Hague. I was four when my parents and I moved there, and my earliest memories are of playing in the ruins that surrounded our block of flats, an area heavily bombed towards the end of the war.

#2

Sabine’s life was very comfortable when she was young. She was the fourth child and only daughter of Sabine Schlette and Louis Zuur, born in Semarang, Java, Indonesia, in 1918. Her brothers were seven, eleven, and twelve years older. She was adored by the family. But when her father died suddenly when she was around fourteen years old, her life changed.

#3

Taro and Sabine were in love, but they kept their relationship secret. Taro was bored in Zeeland, so he began writing letters to Sabine. On October 23, 1939, during a flying session, his plane crashed, and he was wounded. He and his copilot escaped with light injuries.

#4

Taro began to feel doubts about marrying Sabine. He was worried that he would never see her again, and he felt that their relationship was not as serious as it was supposed to be. He was also busy with war preparations, and his ten-day punishment was terminated after a few days.

#5

Taro’s last letter to Sabientje was written on May 10, 1940. It was a farewell letter, and he told her