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Tag Archives: WWII
Unsung Heroines
I just finished reading The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. It would be difficult for me to fully convey how deeply moved and impressed I am by this novel. This is a fictional history based on a female network of … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, England, female spies, France, Germany, historical fiction, history, Kate Quinn, The Alice Network, WWI, WWII
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Unsung Hero
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan was recommended to me by my niece Laura. It is an amazing true story about Pino Lella, a young Italian man who chauffeured a top Nazi general around Italy and neighboring countries during WWII. … Continue reading
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Breaking Tradition
Code Girls: The untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy is an exceptional book about the lives and achievements of women and men who played significant roles in secret government offices during … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, code girls, Communications, Germany, Great Britain, historical books, Japan, Liza mundy, non-fiction, Pearl Harbor, Russia, WWII
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Held Hands
A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson is a wonderful memoir. In it, the author traces the interesting lives of seven generations of women in her family. Beginning with a famous great-great-grandmother who was a European flamenco dancer, and … Continue reading
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Tagged a house full of daughters, alcoholism, Chelsea, England, flamenco dancing, juliet nicolson, Malaga, memoir, New York, Washington DC, women, WWII
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What Can’t Be Seen
What I didn’t realize until the end of Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow, was that it is historical fiction based on the lives of the reclusive Collyer brothers who resided in New York City during the last century. Homer … Continue reading
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Tagged blindness, Books, collyer brothers, EL Doctorow, historical fiction, hoarding, homer and Langley, mustard gas, New York City, ptsd, reclusives, WWI, WWII
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Wandering Exiles
I began reading The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa on the anniversary of The Night of the Broken Glass. It was coincidental, not purposeful. I finished the novel on Armistice Day. The timing was perfect and the book quite … Continue reading
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Symphony of Life
The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomons is a then and now story set in England before and after World War Two. Three brothers and their father return to the family estate after it was requisitioned by England during … Continue reading
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Isola Casa
The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner is a lovely novel about four generations of a family living on a small island off the southern coast of Italy. Spanning the years during World War 1 and 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged arancini, Books, Catherine Banner, fiction, island life, Italy, Mediterranean, Sicily, st agatha, the house at the edge of night, WWI, WWII
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Whither Thou Goest
Bridge to the Sun by Gwen Terasaki is a memoir written by the American wife of a Japanese diplomat during World War II. When the Tennessee born author met and married her Japanese husband in Washington D.C. in 1931, little … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Bridge to the sun, China, Cuba, diplomats, Gwen Teraski, Hiroshima, Japan, memoir, Pearl Harbor, WWII
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Art Heroes
The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter is an exceptional history of the valiant men and women whose mission during World War II was to locate and save the countless art treasures looted by the Nazi regime. … Continue reading
