Title: The Beantown Girls
Author: Jane Healey
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Format: Paperback ( 361 p.) Personal Purchase
Description:
A novel of love, courage, and danger unfolds as World War II’s brightest heroines—the best of friends—take on the front lines.
1944: Fiona Denning has her entire future planned out. She’ll work in city hall, marry her fiancé when he returns from the war, and settle down in the Boston suburbs. But when her fiancé is reported missing after being shot down in Germany, Fiona’s long-held plans are shattered.
Determined to learn her fiancé’s fate, Fiona leaves Boston to volunteer overseas as a Red Cross Clubmobile girl, recruiting her two best friends to come along. There’s the outspoken Viviana, who is more than happy to quit her secretarial job for a taste of adventure. Then there’s Dottie, a shy music teacher whose melodious talents are sure to bring heart and hope to the boys on the front lines.
Chosen for their inner strength and outer charm, the trio isn’t prepared for the daunting challenges of war. But through it all come new friendships and romances, unforeseen dangers, and unexpected dreams. As the three friends begin to understand the real reasons they all came to the front, their courage and camaraderie will see them through some of the best and worst times of their lives.
My Thoughts:
Three girls Fiona, Dottie and Viviana to join her in becoming red cross mobile girls more commonly know as Doughnut Dollies. When they land in England they learn the training is brutal. The woman in charge is impossible to please. But they manage to do that over the months as letters come in from soliders and their superior Liz raves about them.
Fiona is determined to find her fiancé Danny.who she hasn't heard a word from in months. Along the way they make some new friends and develop new relationships. These girls have seen it all and felt it all as well. This book was fabulous had me wondering about them all the way to the end. It was a superbly written historical fiction that really captures what they went through.
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