GI Brides : : the Wartime Girls who Crossed the Atlantic for Love
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"Worn down by years of war and hardship, girls like Sylvia, Margaret, and Gwendolyn were thrilled when American GI's arrived in Britain with their exotic accents, handsome uniforms and aura of Hollywood glamor. Others, like Rae, who distrusted the Yanks, were eventually won over by their easy charm. So when VE Day finally came, for the 70,000 women who'd become GI brides, it was tinged with sadness--it meant leaving their homeland behind to follow their husbands across the Atlantic. And the long voyage was just the beginning of an even bigger journey. Adapting to a new culture thousands of miles from home, often with a man they barely knew, was difficult-but these women survived the Blitz and could cope with anything. GI BRIDES shares the sweeping, compelling, and moving true stories of four women who gave up everything and crossed an ocean for love"-- Provided by publisher.
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Good history... submitted by m steve on July 15, 2016, 4:50pm This is a good history/ narrative of a little known subject.
PUBLISHED
London : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 361 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062328052
0062328050
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Calvi, Nuala.
SUBJECTS
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain.
War brides -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women immigrants -- Biography.
British Americans -- Biography.