02979cam a2200361 4500 415183503 TxAuBib 20191206120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062328069 0062328069 B00H7LZVUO Amazon 2dd96fe7-4f00-4bf1-bdde-a6b080774ad4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1492640 OverDrive (Product ID) 1492640 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Barrett, Duncan. GI Brides [Libby] : The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love. HarperCollins, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3098kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>For readers enchanted by the bestsellers The Astronaut Wives Club, The Girls of Atomic City, and Summer at Tiffany's, an absorbing tale of romance and resilience—the true story of four British women who crossed the Atlantic for love, coming to America at the end of World War II to make a new life with the American servicemen they married.</p> <p>The "friendly invasion" of Britain by over a million American G.I.s bewitched a generation of young women deprived of male company during the Second World War. With their exotic accents, smart uniforms, and aura of Hollywood glamour, the G.I.s easily conquered their hearts, leaving British boys fighting abroad green with envy. But for girls like Sylvia, Margaret, Gwendolyn, and even the skeptical Rae, American soldiers offered something even more tantalizing than chocolate, chewing gum, and nylon stockings: an escape route from Blitz-ravaged Britain, an opportunity for a new life in affluent, modern America.</p> <p>Through the stories of these four women, G.I. Brides illuminates the experiences of war brides who found themselves in a foreign culture thousands of miles away from family and friends, with men they hardly knew. Some struggled with the isolation of life in rural America, or found their soldier less than heroic in civilian life. But most persevered, determined to turn their wartime romance into a lifelong love affair, and prove to those back home that a Hollywood ending of their own was possible.</p> <p>G.I. Brides includes an eight-pages insert that features 45-black-and-white photos.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-02-07 12:43:25. Calvi, Nuala. https://samples.overdrive.com/gi-brides-2dd96f?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/gi-brides-2dd96f?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/gi-brides-2dd96f?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) CCTYL