War Brides: Library Edition

from Rascalstar

An average read, in my opinion. I liked the story but found it confusing at points and it's not easy to turn back to prior chapters or early pages of the book on kindle editions. It's the story of five young women brought together by circumstance during WWII. They hail from different places with ...

from hobbitprincess

Set during WWII in England, this novel follows the lives of 5 war brides in a small town not too far from London. Each of the 5 girls are very different and have very different stories. I enjoyed the book but was not impressed with the lack of follow through in some of the story lines. The end wa...

from etxgardener

About 40 years ago, I got hooked on some genre fiction that seems to exist largely in the UK - the World War II Homefront novel. These usually focus on a group of women who are bearing up with humor & stiff upper lips amidst the hardships of rationing and the terror of nightly bombing raids and h...

from DeltaQueen50

I found myself a little disappointed with War Brides by Helen Bryant and I think the biggest reason for that is that this wasn't the story I expected. I thought the story would focus on women who married servicemen from a different country and the bulk of the story would be about the adjustments ...

from gmoore8911

Definitely a page turner once the story gets going. The beginning is filled with a lot of background information and story building, it almost becomes overwhelming. However, near the end, my mind couldn't keep up with my eyes as I was wanting to know what happened to everyone. The author's note g...