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| Title | : | I Gave My Heart to Know This (Wheeler Hardcover) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.93 (990 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1410443485 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 586 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
When shattering news arrives from the front, the lives of the three women are pitched into turmoil.. Though they find satisfaction in their jobs at a Wisconsin shipyard, it isn't enough to distract them from the anxieties of wartime or their fears for the men they love. In January 1944, Grace Anderson, Lena Maki, and Lena's mother, Violet, have joined the growing ranks of women working for the war effort
Family secrets revealed Elkie555 This multi-generational book has it all, history , mystery and the romance of life. Hard to put down reliving the circle of life.. "super historical thriller" according to A Customer. During WW II as the need for manufacturing support to the war effort grows, the male labor pool shrinks. As such women took over the jobs that historically were male only. By January 19super historical thriller A Customer During WW II as the need for manufacturing support to the war effort grows, the male labor pool shrinks. As such women took over the jobs that historically were male only. By January 1944, Grace Anderson and mother and daughter Violet and Lena Maki work as welders in a Wisconsin shipyard.The ladies also know that part of their job on the home front is writing upbeat letters to the boys at the front. Grace agrees to Lena's request by sending encouraging letters to her twin brother Derrick. However, she has an understanding . super historical thriller A Customer During WW II as the need for manufacturing support to the war effort grows, the male labor pool shrinks. As such women took over the jobs that historically were male only. By January 1944, Grace Anderson and mother and daughter Violet and Lena Maki work as welders in a Wisconsin shipyard.The ladies also know that part of their job on the home front is writing upbeat letters to the boys at the front. Grace agrees to Lena's request by sending encouraging letters to her twin brother Derrick. However, she has an understanding . , Grace Anderson and mother and daughter Violet and Lena Maki work as welders in a Wisconsin shipyard.The ladies also know that part of their job on the home front is writing upbeat letters to the boys at the front. Grace agrees to Lena's request by sending encouraging letters to her twin brother Derrick. However, she has an understanding . "Started out well but" according to Ladyslott. During World War II when the men went off to war the women went to work; many of them took on jobs as welders. This book follows the story of three of those women, Violet, Grace and Lena. Alongside the story of these friends we also have a present day story, that of Julia, granddaughter of one of the women. She has returned to the family farm to nurse a broken heart. While there she begins to unravel some long held family secrets.This book started off pretty well, I enjoy stories set during the war and especially when they
Ellen Baker is author of Keeping the House, which won the 2008 Great Lakes Book Award. . She has worked as a bookseller and event coordinator at an independent bookstore. She lives in Minnesota
I thought a great deal about that map as I wrote: not only the meanings it has for my characters, but how comforting it would be if only I had such a map to write by. Her foreman grabbed her, saving her life; if she’d fallen in the water, she’d have sunk straight to the bottom. One of the best sources I found was a twenty-page, handwritten account of shipyard work by a woman who was a welder. Time passes; things which are broken and missing long to be fixed and found. I interviewed some old-timers who told me “the way it really was.” I read about everything from naval battles to copper mining to photography to rheumatic fever, explored the engine room of a great ship, stood under the spire of a church. (The dangers of the job were many, and, to us in the modern OSHA-regulated world, almost inconceivable.)Then came my favorite part: translating what I&rsq
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