Reviews
Praise for RIVER IN THE SEA:
“Based on her parents’ accounts, author, Tina Boscha, writes tragically, sensitively and honestly about life on the harsh North Sea coast during the German occupation … The book is well written and historically significant … Boscha has best-seller potential.”
—Portland Book Review
“Her book is engrossing and horrifying at the same time, a tale of what it’s like to be hungry, sick and worried that life, family and freedom will never be the same again, all the while terrified that it won’t matter because death will take it all.”
—Register-Guard, January 15, 2012
“Tina Boscha’s prose is exemplary; her protagonist in River in the Sea is highly sympathetic; and her setting of Friesland, Netherlands, is alive with details. I fell in love with her tender gaze at the world she creates.”
—Samrat Upadhyay, author of The Guru of Love
“It is beautifully written … The words flowed and I really appreciated the author’s writing style. It was very vivid without being overly descriptive…I didn’t really feel like this book was a war story. It’s more about how a family deals with the effects of war and the aftermath.”
—Kara Malinczak, Great Imaginations
”River in the Sea is a fascinating delve into coming of age tales, recommended.”
—Taylor’s Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review Bookwatch
“I was riveted within a few dozen pages as one of the pivotal events of the book unfolded. Right riveted … And the pacing was so well done - I could not put it down.”
—Jessica, The Bluestocking Society
