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GI Brides - The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love (Paperback)
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GI Brides - The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love (Paperback)
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Loot Price R487
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The Sunday Times bestseller From the bestselling authors of The
Sugar Girls, G.I. Brides weaves together the real-life stories of
four women who crossed the ocean for love, providing a moving true
tale of romance and resilience. The 'friendly invasion' of Britain
by over a million American G.I.s caused a sensation amongst 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 soon had the local girls
queuing up for a date, and the British boys off fighting abroad
turning green with envy. But American soldiers offered something
even more tantalising than a ready supply of chocolate, chewing gum
and nylon stockings. Becoming a G.I. bride provided an escape route
from Blitz-ravaged Britain, an opportunity for a whole new life in
America - a country that was more affluent, more modern and less
class-ridden than home. Some 70,000 G.I. brides crossed the
Atlantic at the end of the war to join the men who had captured
their hearts - but the long voyage was just the beginning of a much
bigger journey. Once there, the women would have to adapt to a
foreign culture and a new way of life thousands of miles away from
family and friends, with a man they hardly knew out of uniform.
Some struggled with the isolation of life in rural America, or
found their heroic soldier was less appealing once he returned to
Civvy Street. But most persevered, determined to turn their wartime
romance into a lifelong love affair, and prove to those back home
that it really was possible to have a Hollywood ending.
www.gibrides.com
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