Pre-Owned A Star for Mrs. Blake (Hardcover) by April Smith

from bookczuk

In the years after The Great War, before the causes World War II had fully reared their ugly heads, and were just snuffling around claiming ground, mothers of fallen US soldiers joined together to support and comfort each other, but to also provide care to wounded soldiers far from their families...

from TheLostEntwife

I was fascinated by the summary of A Star for Mrs. Blake after the cover initially caught my eye. I had never heard of any sort of program that sent the mothers and wives of fallen soldiers overseas to visit graves and the very thought of it touched me. April Smith took on this small portion of o...

from RobertaLea

This was a story about a group of Gold Star Mothers in 1931. The U.S. government hosted trips for the mothers and widows who had lost their sons and husbands in WWI. The inspiration for the story came from the diary of one of the liaison officers who escorted groups of women to Europe. Very good ...

from NancyNo5

I won this book in exchange for an honest review. I hate to give a book 3 stars because it sounds like it wasn't good. This was a good book. A Star for Mrs. Blake is the story of the American Gold Star Mothers, mothers who lost their sons during WW I (many as young as 16) and who were consequentl...

from emilyesears

I read this book in 2 days, so it's obviously compelling, but I felt like there were too many characters. I would have liked it if it just focused on the 5 women and not given the backstory to all the other people with them. I also thought it would have been more interesting if the first Mrs. Rus...