![]() “ Guy and Harriet Pringle, newly married, arrive in Bucharest in the autumn of 1939. “ In a stunning tour-de-force, Marge Piercy has woven a tapestry of World War II, of six women and four men, who fought and died, worked and worried, and moved through the dizzying days of the war.” The Great Fortune by Olivia Manning “ A daring and enduring novel-one of the first to look directly at gay life in the military-’The Gallery’ poignantly conveys the mixed feelings of the men and women who fought the war that made America a superpower.” Gone to Soldiers by Marge Piercy “ With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje’s Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II.” The Gallery by John Horne Burns They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war…yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years.” The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. ![]() “ Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive.” Code TAlker: A Novel About the navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac “ During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. But after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, paranoia and suspicion threaten to destroy their lives, and a shocking act of betrayal changes everything.” The City of Thieves by David Benioff When their dark secrets are exposed and the invisible thread of fate binds them even tighter, they find the strength and resilience to reach for their dreams. “ become fast friends, relying on one another through unexpected challenges and shifting fortunes. “ Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him.” China Dolls by Lisa See “ Herman Wouk’s boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life-and mutiny-on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater was immediately embraced, upon its original publication in 1951, as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II.” Catch-22 by Joseph Heller When contact finally occurs, the hunter quickly becomes the hunted.” The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk But their targets travel in well-guarded convoys. Over the coming weeks they brave the ocean’s stormy waters and seek out British supply ships to destroy. “ In autumn 1941, a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. Merope Ward is coping with a bunch of bratty 1940 evacuees and trying to talk her thesis adviser into letting her go to VE-Day.” Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Translated by Denver Lindley Michael Davies is prepping to go to Pearl Harbor. “ Oxford in 2060 is a chaotic place, with scores of time-traveling historians being sent into the past. But Briony’s incomplete grasp of adult motives-together with her precocious literary gifts-brings about a crime that will change all their lives.” Blackout by Connie Willis ![]() “ On a hot summer day in 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. “ about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.” Atonement by Ian McEwan Fiction All the Light We cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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