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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
The winner of the National Book Award returns with a moving
story of a family of women drawn together by the trials of the
times. The women in the Hand family are no strangers to either
controversy or sadness. Those traits seem, in fact, to be a part of
their family s heritage, one that stretches back through several
generations and many wars. A Dangerous Age is a celebration of the
strength of these women and of the bonds of blood and shared loss
that hold them together. Louise, Winifred, and Olivia are
reconnecting the pieces of their lives and rediscovering love, but
each is unwittingly on a collision course with a seemingly distant
war that is really never more than a breath away. By turns humorous
and heartbreaking, this finely honed novel about the centuries-old
struggle for women who are left to carry on with life when their
men go off to war is by a writer the Washington Post says should be
declared a national cultural treasure. "
Jennifer Haraldsson Sherman is now a Wife and Mother. She is
also an Army Nurse serving in the Washington, DC area. With Vietnam
heating up, she is uncomfortable thinking of the young Americans
who will be going there to fight and die. She feels an obligation
to once again serve her country, but she knows she will have to get
the approval of her family first.
In Eastern Germany, Jennifer's old flame, Otto Bruner, is
working hard for German reunification. He has to be careful,
though, as his bosses in East Germany believe Communism is the way
to go. Underneath, Otto strongly disagrees. One only has to compare
the standard of living between East and West Germany to know that
Otto's secret feelings are correct.
In this fascinating and hair-raising story, the author lays out
the many challenges that are inherent in one of the most exciting
periods in the history of the United States. As he did with
previous novels in the series, the author ties the challenges faced
by the leading characters with the most powerful people of the era.
The novel includes U.S. Presidents from John F. Kennedy to George
Herman Walker Bush. The result is a thriller with many twists and
turns which brings the key surviving characters together in what
can truly be considered the end of an era. This book is a must-read
for all those who love a gripping story.
The greatest generation was a hardworking, strong, loving people
wanting what is now called "the American Dream." Each would be
propelled from their neighborhoods and slow-moving communities, a
safe haven that cloaked them and held them securely, into a world
war of destruction and death on December 7, 1941. America had been
awakened; Americans, a year earlier, saw and understood the evil
destined for this country was now killing other peoples of the
world.
These were to become a volunteer group of Americans assembled by
two countries, America and China, to be the first to defend an
innocent people. Today they are known as the famed AVG or American
Volunteer Group, the Flying Tigers. Their story is as vast as the
war itself; it touched those it affected with death and destruction
as it consumed everything in its path. Within the pages of this
book, the story of one pilot and one nurse will be revealed, from
when they volunteer, meet, fall in love, and marry while defending
and saving the babies, the parents, the citizens of China and
Burma. Pete and Jane maintained their beliefs of duty and honor and
sacrifice while they endured the horrors of war. Finding security
in each other's arms and a new spirit of love with each kiss,
keeping them hopeful the war would end soon.
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Sin
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Zakhar Prilepin; Edited by Nina Chordas; Translated by Simon Patterson
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Zakhar Prilepin's novel-in-stories, Sin, has become a literary
phenomenon in Russia, where it was published in 2007. It has been
hailed as the epitome of the spirit of the opening decade of the
21st century, and was called "the book of the decade" by the
prestigious Super Natsbest Award jury. In the episodes of
Zakharka's life, presented here in non-chronological order, we see
him as a little boy, a lovelorn teenager, a hard-drinking
grave-digger, a nightclub bouncer, a father, and a soldier in
Chechnya. Sin offers a fascinating glimpse into the recent Russian
past, as well as its present, with its unemployment, poverty,
violence, and local wars - social problems that may be found in
many corners of the world. Zakhar Prilepin presents these realities
through the eyes of Zakharka, taking us along on the life-affirming
journey of his unforgettable protagonist.
For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes a heart-breaking story of the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances.
In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did, too.
So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust: the true love story of the tattooist of Auschwitz.
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