The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse : a Mail on Sunday Book of the Year

Val Was Working As A Land Girl When The Americans Arrived At The Nearby Airfield In 1944. Mike, A Young American Airman, Came Into Her Life Soon After, And So Too Did Peter Woodhouse, A Dog Badly Treated On A Neighbouring Farm And Taken In By Her Aunt. Little Persuasion Was Needed For Mike To Take Peter Woodhouse To The Airbase And Over Time He Became The Mascot Of The American Squad, Flying With Them Whenever Their Mosquitoes Took To The Skies. When Their Plane Is Shot Down Over Holland Both Mike, And Peter Woodhouse Are Feared Lost. But Unknown To Their Loved Ones At Home, Mike, And Peter Woodhouse Survived The Crash. Taken In By The Dutch Resistance And With The Help Of Ubi, A German Officer, The Pair To Remain In Hiding Till The End Of The War When They Are Reunited With Val. We Then Follow Val, Mike, And Peter Woodhouse As They Rebuild A Life In England. And Ubi As He Returns To Germany At The End Of The War And Tries To Build A New Life For Himself. His Dream Is To Run A Wall Of Death, A Circus Ring That Pitts Motorcyclists Against Gravity As They Attempt To Stay Upright At Ever Increasing Speed. "Val was working as a land girl when the Americans arrived at the nearby airfield in 1944. Mike, a young American airman, came into her life soon after, and so too did Peter Wodehouse, a dog badly treated on a neighbouring farm and taken in by her aunt. Little persuasion was needed for Mike to take Peter Wodehouse to the airbase and over time he became the mascot of the American squad, flying with them whenever their Mosquitoes took to the skies. When their plane is shot down over Holland both Mike and Peter Wodehouse are feared lost. But unknown to their loved ones at home, Mike and Peter Wodehouse survived the crash. Taken in by the Dutch resistance and with the help of Ubi, a German officer, the pair to remain in hiding till the end of the war when they are reunited with Val. We then follow Val, Mike and Peter Wodehouse as they rebuild a life in England. And Ubi as he returns to Germany at the end of the war and tries to build a new life for himself. His dream is to run a Wall of Death, a circus ring that pitts motorcyclists against gravity as they attempt to stay upright at ever increasing speed ..."--Publisher's description. Val was working as a land girl when the Americans arrived at the nearby airfield in 1944. Mike, a young American airman, came into her life soon after, and so too did Peter Woodhouse, a dog badly treated on a neighbouring farm and taken in by her aunt. Little persuasion was needed for Mike to take Peter Woodhouse to the airbase and over time he became the mascot of the American squad, flying with them whenever their Mosquitoes took to the skies. When their plane is shot down over Holland both Mike and his canine companion are feared lost. But unknown to their loved ones at home, Mike and Peter Woodhouse survived the crash. Taken in by the Dutch resistance and with the help of Ubi, a German officer, the pair to remain in hiding till the end of the war when they are reunited with Val. We then follow Val, Mike and Peter Woodhouse as they rebuild a life in England. And Ubi as he returns to Germany at the end of the war and tries to build a new life for himself. His dream is to run a Wall of Death, a circus ring that pitts motorcyclists against gravity as they attempt to stay upright at ever increasing speed... From the beloved and best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a heartwarming tale of hope and friendship set amid the turmoil of World War II. Val Eliot, a young woman working on an English farm during the war, meets Mike, a U.S. Air Force pilot stationed nearby. When Val rescues a Border Collie named Peter Woodhouse, who is being mistreated by his owner, she realizes the dog would actually be safer with Mike. And so Peter Woodhouse finds a new home on the air force base, and Val finds herself falling in love. Peter Woodhouse becomes Dog First Class, a canine mascot on the base who boldly accompanies the officers on their missions, and Val becomes Mike's fiance. But then a disaster jeopardizes the future of them all, and Peter Woodhouse brings Ubi, a German corporal, into their orbit, sparking a friendship that comes with great risk but carries with it the richest of rewards. Infused with Alexander McCall Smith's renowned charm and warmth, The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse is an uplifting story of love and the power of friendship to bring sworn enemies together. "From the beloved and best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and La's Orchestra Saves the World, a heartwarming tale of hope and friendship set during World War II, in which a British farm girl, an American pilot, and a German soldier are brought together by an unlikely hero: a (very cute) border collie. Val Eliot, a land girl working on an English farm during the war, finds herself in charge of protecting a rescued border collie named Peter Woodhouse from the owner who mistreated him. When Val meets Mike, an American Air Force pilot stationed nearby, she realizes that the safest place for the little dog is alongside Mike at the base. With the love and attention of the pilots, Peter Woodhouse becomes Dog First Class, the mascot of the U.S. Air Force, boldly accompanying the officers on their missions--until a disaster jeopardizes the future of them all. It is then that Peter Woodhouse brings Ubi, a German corporal, into their orbit, sparking a friendship that comes at great risk, but carries the richest of rewards"-- In de Tweede Wereldoorlog staan de Engelsen tegenover de Duitsers, maar een hond is de bron voor een levenslange vriendschap. NL-ZmNBD