The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom

What an amazing book to start the year. So inspired and thankful for Jesus.

Larry Loftis’ latest narrative nonfiction World War II espionage thriller features The Watchmaker’s Daughter Corrie ten Boom. “As a teen Corrie had fallen in love with a handsome young Dutchman, Karel, hopeful that one day they would marry. That dream was shattered when he showed up at the Beje one day to introduce his fiancee.” However, “God makes no mistakes…Everything looks like a confused piece of embroidery work, meaningless and ugly. But that is the underside. Some day we shall see the right side and shall be amazed and thankful.” When Germany invaded Holland during WWII, Corrie committed her life to the Jews and the Dutch divers (young men evading conscription in the Natzi army). The ten Boom family created a secret room in their linen closet and “when the hiding place was finished, Corrie and the refugees gave it a name…the ‘Angels’ Den’...For more than fifty years the Beje had been her own hiding place, her refuge. But Ravensbruck had taught her that this magnificent home–with all of its memories–was but a shadow; her true hiding place was in Christ.” “For Corrie, living in hell had one windfall: a field ripe for spreading the Gospel and providing hope. In particular, she felt a special obligation to minister to young girls…This platform became Corrie’s Areopagus, allowing her to teach and witness to the dozen or so who would gather around her for guidance and wisdom…The Word of God traveled on in what seemed to be a hopeless prison. It brought strength and help to the desperate, assurance to the doubtful, and awakened faith in the fearbound heart.” “What I spent, I had; what I saved, I lost; what I gave, I have. A summary of her experience as a prisoner, it also served as a motto for her new ministry.” In the aftermath of WWII, Corrie transformed former concentration camps used to destroy many lives into heavens of healing for emotional invalids to build up lives. “Like the steadfast chimes of a grandfather clock, Corrie ten Boom’s legacy continues to sound out her message of faith, hope, love, and forgiveness.”