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GI brides : the wartime girls who crossed the Atlantic for love / Duncan Barrett & Nuala Calvi.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062344304
- ISBN: 0062344307
- Physical Description: 474 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperLuxe , an imprint of harperCollinsPublishers, [2014]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Larger Print" --On back cover. |
| Summary, etc.: | "Worn down by years of war and hardship, girls like Sylvia, Margaret, and Gwendolyn were thrilled when American GI's arrived in Britain with their exotic accents, handsome uniforms and aura of Hollywood glamor. Others, like Rae, who distrusted the Yanks, were eventually won over by their easy charm. So when VE Day finally came, for the 70,000 women who'd become GI brides, it was tinged with sadness--it meant leaving their homeland behind to follow their husbands across the Atlantic. And the long voyage was just the beginning of an even bigger journey. Adapting to a new culture thousands of miles from home, often with a man they barely knew, was difficult-but these women survived the Blitz and could cope with anything. GI BRIDES shares the sweeping, compelling, and moving true stories of four women who gave up everything and crossed an ocean for love"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Great Britain. War brides > Great Britain > Biography. Women immigrants > United States > Biography. British Americans > Biography. Large type books. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yankee Clipper | Large Print 940.53082 B275g (Text) | 31307022405502 | Large Print | Available | - |
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Author Notes
GI Brides : The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love
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)
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