This is Susan writing. I am just over 100 pages into 'Gone to Soldiers' by Marge Piercy. It is an historical fiction novel about World War II, recreating the lives of people who fought "on the home front" or behind enemy lines. I read it many years ago and am thorougly enjoying it again. It is the next title we will be discussing in our adult book series 'What's Love Got to Do with It?'. Piercy has such a gift for writing from the viewpoint of multiple characters (they each get their own chapters) using writing styles that vary between characters. The amount of research she did for this book is evident and impressive. The hardcover edition weighs in at 703 pages so I've got some reading to do before the 28th.
At the same time I am also reading 'Minnesota Goes to War: the Home Front during World War II' by Dave Kenney. Kenney will be speaking at the Elbow Lake Public Library on Thursday, September 16th at 7:00 p.m. He is also the award-winning author of a Minnesota State history textbook and a former writer for CNN. His book is very well written and dovetails just perfectly with 'Gone to Soldiers'. My father was a medic in WWII and my mother was home in Minnesota with two small children so I have heard many family stories to relate to Kenney's research. We are so lucky to be able to have a writer of this caliber come to Elbow Lake! His visit is made possible by a Legacy Grant.
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