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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