My Mother’s Friend by Sally Jameson Bond
Their forbidden love bloomed during the war. Will it survive peacetime?
Algona, Iowa. 1944. Phyllis ‘Phee’ Swensson cheerfully does her share. Busy caring for her father and siblings after her mother’s death, the high school senior tries to ignore the POW camp looming over her quiet hometown. But when she reluctantly joins a tour of the ominous facility, the gifted young pianist is stunned to hear an imprisoned musician’s haunting melodies.
Intrigued when the thoughtful man behind the music asks her to become his accompanist for an upcoming recital, Phee embarks on an unforeseen friendship. Yet as her feelings for the kind German deepen, choosing her path forward becomes dauntingly complex.
Will heavy secrets and a grieving country cut their tender connection short?
My Mother’s Friend is a poignant YA historical fiction novel. If you like slow-burn romance, richly researched home front settings, and relationship-driven stories, then you’ll adore Sally Jameson Bond’s evocative and emotional WWII tale.
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Author Bio:
Sally Jameson Bond worked on her debut novel, My Mother’s Friend, for decades. She just didn’t know it.
Sally comes from a large, close-knit, musically talented, Iowa Lutheran family of Swedish descent. Her protagonist, Phee Swensson, one of five children and a gifted pianist, lives in Iowa and is the daughter of a Lutheran pastor of Swedish descent. Sally found ways to blend that flavor she knows so well into her story.
After struggling to “get” history in her early years, Sally eventually became passionate about the subject. In time, World War II became her primary interest, and over the past forty years, Sally and her husband Joe have visited many prominent European WWII sites. Their Berlin experience in 1991 provided the foundation for the opening and closing chapters of My Mother’s Friend.
After a thirty-year career in academic libraries, Sally retired in 2017. Her eagerly awaited sequel, My Mother’s Son, was published in December 2023.
In November 2022, My Mother’s Friend received the 5-star Highly Recommended Award of Excellence from The Historical Fiction Company, and in September 2023, it was awarded the Global Book Awards Gold Medal for their Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction category.
Sally lives in southwest Virginia with Joe and their rescue dog Bart (aka The Best Dog in the World).
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