Language: PG (2 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG13 (nudity and mentions of alcohol, drugs, prostitution, brothels, and rape); Violence: PG13 (assault, gun and bomb use, chemical warfare, battle scenes, blood and gore, and mentions of suicide)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS, ADULTS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
Ward only has to perform 100 flights in the Korean War in order to go back home to his wife and new daughter, but he might never get to see them again after he’s forced to eject from his plane over enemy territory. Jae Pil was arrested in North Korea for refusing to give up his Christian faith and then forced to fight for them, but he hopes to reunite with his family and flee south. Desperate, these enemies have the same impossible goal: surviving escape.
The points of view shift not only between Ward and Jae Pil but also their antagonists and Ward’s wife Barbara, left home in America. Ward, Jae Pil, and Barbara share a faith, though their faith journeys look very different under these stresses. Based on a true story, these lives get tangled up in each other even across great distances, unaware of how their actions impact the others—and whether any of them will get a happy ending. Ward and Barbara are American, and Jae Pil is Korean.
Reviewer: Carolina Johnson
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