This was a good dual-time romance. It was heartbreaking to see how Peter and Margaret were kept apart, but that's the whole idea of the story. I did figure out that Peter was Ralph before it was revealed, but there still were surprises up until the very end. ( )

I did not know that German prisoners were kept in Florida or other parts of the US during WWII, so I found this book to be quite enlightening. So many secrets creates family strife that Emily has to handle. She finds her answers in many ways, and the book ends on a satisfying note, or as satisfying as it can be. I wanted to give Emily a good shake a few times when it came to her dealing with her father, but it all worked out in the end. ( )

When We Meet Again is another WWII novel but told from a different perspective - that of a German prisoner of war in the US. I wasn't aware that over 425,000 members of the German military were interned as prisoners of war in the United States during World War II. They lived in camps all over the US and were used to help in areas such as agriculture and building.

This dual timeline novel takes place in Florida in 1944 and present time. In the 1944 timeline, Margaret lives on a small farm in Florida where there are German pows working near. She makes eye contact with Peter and they gradually fall in love. Peter hadn't been a Nazi - just another young man who didn't believe in Hitler but was forced to serve in the German Army. They fall in love and she becomes pregnant right before the war ends and he is sent back to Germany. She has disgraced her family and leaves her home. The only letter that she got from Peter told her that he was marrying an old girlfriend. When Peter gets home to Munich, he is also shunned by his family - his father felt that he was a traitor because he got captured and had disgraced the family. Before he left, his father gave him the only letter that he said Margaret sent that told him she was pregnant. They never stop looking for each other for their entire lives.

In the present day timeline, the main character is Emily. She is alone in the world, her father abandoned her when she was young, her grandmother Margaret had just died and she is feeling tremendous guilt over a baby that she had at 18, not too long after her mother died, that she gave up for adoption. She receives a painting of a woman who looks like her grandmother when she was younger and begins a search for the artist and the meaning behind the painting. During her search she not only finds out about her grandmother's past but also begins to understand some of the issues in her life.

This book is about family, love, forgiveness not only of others but also forgiving yourself for past mistakes, but the main focus is on love. It's a wonderful book that I won't soon forget. ( )

A very light and readable book Written in plain language. It has a lot of clichés about love and the connection between lovers or family members. Kitch lovers will love this book very much. I'm on the other hand, not one of those.
The heroine of the story is Emily who remains alone in the world. Her mother died, and her father abandoned her when she was a child. She is not in close contact with her father for whom she is furious. Emily was very attached to her grandmother Margaret, and now she too died. Besides, she fired from her job.
A co-worker calls her and gives her a package sent to her former office. Attached to the box is a drawing of a woman in a red dress in a cornfield. The painting is accompanied by a letter that reads: "Your grandfather never stopped loving her." It's not known who sent the package and who drew the picture also under what circumstances it painted.
Emily decides to go on a journey and discover the missing details. She flew to Munich, then to Florida and returned to Atlanta, where she was a child. On her long trip, she discovers a family story related to her grandmother and a German soldier who was a captive prisoner in Florida after the fall of Germany. The story was kept secret by her grandmother, and her father also knew nothing. Besides, mysteries also arise in Emily's life. An act she had done years ago for which she had been sorry all her life and was now full of guilt.

Thanks to the book I exposed to the fact that I did not know about the existence of POW camps throughout the United States (during World War II). German soldiers who taken captive employed in the USA in various agricultural work. They even received wages for their work, and some fell in love with American life and returned after the war to live there.

It is recommended to read. ( )

Mijn volledige recensie is terug te vinden op:
https://www.linda-linea-recta.nl/als-we-elkaar-terugzien/

Doorgaan en dingen achter je laten, en als je dat op een gezonde manier wil doen moet je wrok uit het verleden loslaten.
Wrok belemmert je als je relaties wilt opbouwen of repareren.

En eigenlijk is dit, volgens mij, de leidraad van het verhaal.
Wrok loslaten, doorgaan en relaties herstellen.
Kristin Harmel raakt hier een gevoelige snaar, intolerantie, waarmee voor mijn gevoel meteen de link met het heden is gelegd.

Ik vind het een geweldig boek, eentje die mij heel snel te pakken had.
Favoriete quote uit het boek:

Onze grootste prestatie is niet dat we nooit vallen, maar dat we elke keer als we vallen weer opstaan.
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