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    Gloves of Red Silk: A short story of a young girl's first war
    Gloves of Red Silk: A short story of a young girl's first war
    Gloves of Red Silk: A short story of a young girl's first war
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    Gloves of Red Silk: A short story of a young girl's first war

    By Jamie Campbell

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    "Do you see him?"

    When war came, twelve-year-old Ruth Imker knew better than anyone that nowhere was safe: not Oud Beijerland, not Heleen's house - not anywhere. She knew the Germans would keep coming. She knew they would never stop. The Germans had followed Ruth all the way from Vienna to Rotterdam - and they were still following.

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    "Like gloves of red silk" is a short story of a young girl's second day at war. It is a story of the last shades of hope. Hope not yet dashed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJamie Campbell
    Release dateJun 1, 2016
    ISBN9781310474354
    Gloves of Red Silk: A short story of a young girl's first war
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    Jamie Campbell

    Jamie was born into a big, crazy family of 6 children. Being the youngest, she always got away with anything and would never shut up. Constantly letting her imagination run wild, her teachers were often frustrated when her 'What I did on the weekend' stories contained bunyips and princesses.Growing up, Jamie did the sensible things and obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from Southern Cross University and worked hard to gain her membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.Yet nothing compared to writing. Quiting the rat race to spend quality time with her laptop named Lily, Jamie has written several novels and screenplays. Spanning a number of genres and mediums, Jamie writes whatever inspires her from ghost stories to teenage love stories to tantalising murder mysteries. Nothing is off limits.A self-confessed television addict, dog lover, Taylor Swift fan, and ghost hunter, Jamie loves nothing more than the thrill of sharing her stories.

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      Gloves of Red Silk - Jamie Campbell

      Gloves of Red Silk.

      A short story of a young girl's first war.

      Jamie Campbell

      PF6

      copyright: Eltham Press 2016

      This is a work of fiction

      Cover art:

      Gun camera footage of a Henschel 126 being shot down – and now in the public domain.

      On the island of Ijsselmonde

      In the town of Oud Beijerland

      On the river Oude Maas

      In the town of Oud Beijerland

      On the river Spui

      Notes

      On the island of Ijsselmonde

      There were mistakes. So many mistakes. Mistakes in priority. Mistakes in apprehension. Mistakes in courage. And when Europe's second German war was over and done with there would be an accounting for at least some of those mistakes.

      After the war, after liberation, and in the cold light of peace the Queen's government would shine a light on the conduct of the May War. One of the officers on Ijsselmonde this very day would face that spotlight. He had ordered his soldiers to stop for lunch. No sooner had they landed (successfully) on Ijsselmonde's southern shore than they broke for coffee and bread. The May War of five days. It was supposed to last for three months.

      Piet ter Haar would give evidence to the inquiry – about that lunch break – about the events on Ijsselmonde during the second day of war. Piet ter Haar, a Luitenant ter Zee (first class) by 1946, and a war hero to boot. Today though. Today Piet had his fine boat secured at the yacht haven at Rhoonsche Veer. He'd come ashore too. He wanted a line of sight to the soldiers and their battles. Instead he found soldiers at lunch. And when they finally moved off those soldiers found that the enemy did not stop for bread and coffee; not when things were hanging in the balance.

      Today though. Today didn't allow for thoughts on mistakes and responsibility. There was no time. The enemy did not allow such luxuries as time. The men who had marched off to fight for Waalhaven had run into German mortars at Rhoon. Piet saw it through his binoculars. The soldiers advancing as infantry do

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