War Brides
by Lois Battle
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The story of three Australian war brides who come to America after World War II is over to reacquaint themselves with the soldiers they swore to love when peacetime seemed like a lifetime away.Tags
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While the plot and story are good, I found the author's STYLE of writing irksome.
I enjoyed this book. It follows three Australian women who married American G. I.'s after the end of World War II and came over on a ship to the United States to join their husbands.
For each of them, their marriage does not turn out the way she thought it would.
Dawn: a war widow and new bride with two daughters finds a home in Ohio with her in-laws while her husband is in the Navy.
Sheila: a teenager who moves to the hills of Virginia with her husband, Billy.
Gaynor: a beautiful woman who moves in with her wealthy in-laws in Kansas City.
For each of them, their marriage does not turn out the way she thought it would.
Dawn: a war widow and new bride with two daughters finds a home in Ohio with her in-laws while her husband is in the Navy.
Sheila: a teenager who moves to the hills of Virginia with her husband, Billy.
Gaynor: a beautiful woman who moves in with her wealthy in-laws in Kansas City.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Sotamorsiamia
- Original title
- War Brides
- People/Characters
- Charlie; Marge; Patsy; Dawn Mueller; Gaynor Cunningham; Sheila Hickok (show all 15); Mavis Slocum; Zac Mueller; Billy Hickok; Rickey Cunningham; Etna Cunningham; Richard Cunningham; Betty Richardson; Faustina; Jackson
- Important places
- Australia; Virginia, USA; Kansas City; New York, New York, USA; New Jersey, USA; San Diego, California, USA (show all 9); San Francisco, California, USA; Ohio, USA; Mexico
- Important events
- World War II
- Epigraph
- Entreat me not to leave thee, Or return from the following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God...
--The Book of Ruth - Dedication
- To Doreen, my mother
- First words
- Dawn Mueller pulled the baby closer to her breast, gripped the ship's railing with her free hand, and looked around for her daughter.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I am home, Billy. I'm home free.
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
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- Members
- 159
- Popularity
- 203,715
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.24)
- Languages
- English, Finnish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 18
- ASINs
- 5
