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Alice's War
Paperback
Series: Alice Standfield, Book 1
General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $17.99
ISBN13: 9781735159829
Publisher: Green Planet Books
Published: Jun 30 2023
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Hemingway Award for 20th Century Wartime Fiction Chanticleer
President's Award Gold Medal in Historical Fiction FAPA
McClain has created a masterpiece with his down-home appeal and real-life drama centered around World War II. The characters are ordinary people who will touch your heart and leave a lasting impression. Midwest Book Review
Weymouth, England 1939
Alice is a misfit. Unable to conform to the elevated society required of a district judge's wife, she finds solace in her stolen moments outdoors. With Edgar's passing, she is at last free to follow her own path, observing and illustrating the fauna of Coastal Dorset. Until war changes everything.
When her two grandchildren evacuate to Weymouth, Alice must reconcile her determination to guide and support them with the pain and regret from her time as a mother. She struggles to help grandson Martin, coming of age under the harsh backdrop of World War II. Martin, in turn, struggles with his feelings for Sonja, a Jewish refugee facing the monstrous hatred unleashed upon the world.
Alice's War is the story of ordinary people confronting the extraordinary. As outside forces tear Alice's family and community apart, she quietly gathers and restores their sustaining bonds. Set in the town of Weymouth, with a front-seat view of the unfolding drama, Alice's War immerses the reader in a time unlike any in modern history.
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