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I first heard of this story when I took a master from the author at Fishtrap. He was talking about his mother and the Doughnut Dollies in WWII, which I never heard of. It is sometimes a harrowing tale, pretty much following his mother's real story of following the soldiers into some of the worst battles in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.
I chose it for my discerning book club.
This "powerful, uplifting, and deeply personal novel" (Kristin Hannah, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Four Winds), at once "a heart-wrenching wartime drama" (Christina Baker Kline, #1 NYT bestselling author of Orphan Train) and "a moving and graceful tribute to heroic women" (Publishers Weekly, starred review), asks the question: What if a friendship forged on the front lines of war defines a life forever?
"Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense…
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
This story is very personal to the author, based loosely on his mother's and father's experiences during WWII. She was in the Norwegian resistance, he was an RAF pilot. Great fun to see how he spins it. The characters are very likeable, the plot intriguing. P.S. Chris Humphreys narrates all of my Norway in WWII thrillers.
