GI brides the wartime girls who crossed the Atlantic for love
For readers enchanted by the bestsellers The Astronaut Wives Club, The Girls of Atomic City, and Summer at Tiffany's, an absorbing tale of romance and resilience -- the true story of four British women who crossed the Atlantic for love, coming to America at the end of World War II to make a new life...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | For readers enchanted by the bestsellers The Astronaut Wives Club, The Girls of Atomic City, and Summer at Tiffany's, an absorbing tale of romance and resilience -- the true story of four British women who crossed the Atlantic for love, coming to America at the end of World War II to make a new life with the American servicemen they married. The "friendly invasion" of Britain by over a million American G.I.s bewitched a generation of young women deprived of male company during the Second World War. With their exotic accents, smart uniforms, and aura of Hollywood glamour, the G.I.s easily conquered their hearts, leaving British boys fighting abroad green with envy. But for girls like Sylvia, Margaret, Gwendolyn, and even the skeptical Rae, American soldiers offered something even more tantalizing than chocolate, chewing gum, and nylon stockings: an escape route from Blitz-ravaged Britain, an opportunity for a new life in affluent, modern America. Through the stories of these four women, G.I. Brides illuminates the experiences of war brides who found themselves in a foreign culture thousands of miles away from family and friends, with men they hardly knew. Some struggled with the isolation of life in rural America, or found their soldier less than heroic in civilian life. But most persevered, determined to turn their wartime romance into a lifelong love affair, and prove to those back home that a Hollywood ending of their own was possible. G.I. Brides includes an eight-pages insert that features 45-black-and-white photos. |
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| ISBN: | 9780062328069 |
| Author Notes: | Duncan Barrett was born in 1983 in London. He is a writer and editor of biographies and memoirs. He is the editor of Ronald Skirth's pacifist First World War memoir, The Reluctant Tommy, in 2010. In 2012 Barrett co-wrote, The Sugar Girls, with Nuala Calvi. The story tells of female workers at Tate and Lyle's East End factories since the Second World War. It quickly became a best-seller. In 2013 the duo put out their second book together, GI Brides. It was based on interviews with British women who married Americans during the Second World War. It soon became a Sunday Times best-seller. Their third book, The Girls Who went to War, went to the Sunday Times best-seller list in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) |
