The Meeting of Anni Adams

Title: THE MEETING OF ANNI ADAMS (The Butterfly of Luxembourg)
Author: Lonnie D. Story
Publisher: American Christian Writers Press
March 2004
ISBN: 978-1-932124268
Genre: Biography

Lonnie Story stumbled onto this story on a routine trip to a store. Anni Adams happened to be the one in the store that day, and when they started talking, Lonnie discovered that she had a history definitely worth telling.

Anni was born and raised in Luxembourg on Armistice Day. The Germans did not appreciate anyone having French sounding names, so Anni’s name was changed from the original French spelling of Anny. Anni traveled extensively throughout Europe as a child as her father was a professional gymnast.

During World War II, Anni survived the poverty, humiliation, and uncertainty of refugee camps as the Germans occupied her homeland. She and her family fled to France, but later returned to Luxembourg. She learned to live under the submissive lifestyle of the Nazi rule.

As the war ended, Anni met an American soldier and married him. She came over to the United States as a war bride, but her life was by no means quiet in the States.

THE MEETING OF ANNI ADAMS is Mr. Story’s first book and it is fairly well-written. The story is supposed to be suitable for children, but I found some of the vocabulary quite advanced, and the sentence structure sometime caused me to skim. The story is also told, so I was never able to connect the way I would have liked.

World War II is a time period that interests me, so I was anxious to read it for that section especially. Anni did lead a long and successful life. If you are interested in Europe and World War II and if you like biographies, then you will want to pick up your own copy of THE MEETING OF ANNI ADAMS. Available now from www.amazon.com or directly from ACW Press. Excellent for homeschoolers. $20.95. 356 pages.