Author: Lynn Austin
Published: 2006
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 2.5
Summary
They watched their sons, their brothers, and their husbands enlist to fight a growing menace across the seas. And when their nation asked, they answered the call as well. Virginia longs to find a purpose beyond others' expectations. Helen is driven by a loneliness money can't fulfill. Rosa is desperate to flee her in-laws' rules. Jean hopes to prove herself in a man's world. Under the storm clouds of destruction that threaten America during the early 1940s, this unlikely gathering of women will experience life in sometimes starling new ways as their beliefs are challenged and they struggle toward a new understanding of what love and sacrifice truly mean.
Review
The characters are flat and stereotypical--especially most of the men. The character development is predictable. And the author intentionally manipulates her audience's opinion of the different male characters. Not one of Austin's better novels.
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