tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post3286463273894705153..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Women at War: A Novel BibliographySarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-83888994533904279382021-02-08T19:58:33.461-06:002021-02-08T19:58:33.461-06:00Thanks, Veronica!Thanks, Veronica!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-9060111232673086662021-02-08T19:48:36.698-06:002021-02-08T19:48:36.698-06:00I love the book recommendations you gave thank you...I love the book recommendations you gave thank you for this list. I cannot wait to read All that I am by Anna farmer. <br />Veronica Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623133196398553006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-14843038814634439512011-12-08T19:21:41.124-06:002011-12-08T19:21:41.124-06:00Hi Melissa, I'm glad that WWII has finally bec...Hi Melissa, I'm glad that WWII has finally become trendy here too. Coming up with a list of UK-published novels on the subject would be almost too easy, but they've been thin on the ground in the US for the longest time. Good luck with your writing!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-34492982335710414402011-12-08T13:35:11.902-06:002011-12-08T13:35:11.902-06:00Hurrah! I'm so glad to see this list. I write ...Hurrah! I'm so glad to see this list. I write WW2 historical fiction and have been waiting for the trends to shift more in this direction for the U.S. For awhile, I thought about approaching British publishers since that particular era is so prevalent in books there.<br /><br />Thanks for this list!Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-88727294627226184582011-11-21T22:26:35.353-06:002011-11-21T22:26:35.353-06:00Pam, thanks for stopping by! I'll be includin...Pam, thanks for stopping by! I'll be including The Things We Cherished in an update post.<br /><br />Hi Sarah, thanks for commenting as well, and nice to meet another Sarah with an h! I've actually just finished reading The Bungalow and thought it was a wonderful story.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-72115485904322085922011-11-21T19:23:08.046-06:002011-11-21T19:23:08.046-06:00Sarah, (hello from another Sarah!), thank you so m...Sarah, (hello from another Sarah!), thank you so much for including my novel, THE BUNGALOW, in this list. Delighted to see it included on your lovely blog (and in such amazing company!) Many thanks, Sarah JioSarah Jiohttp://www.sarahjio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-18306088481787912152011-11-16T20:50:54.822-06:002011-11-16T20:50:54.822-06:00Thanks for the mention. My newest, The Things We ...Thanks for the mention. My newest, The Things We Cherished, also fits the bill. Best, Pam JenoffPam Jenoffhttp://www.pamjenoff.omnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-39981231116371069532011-11-12T13:28:29.913-06:002011-11-12T13:28:29.913-06:00I read Britannia Road. I lovely light book, really...I read Britannia Road. I lovely light book, really enjoyed it.crothshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069972891852583031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-67834223535856398112011-11-11T14:33:16.457-06:002011-11-11T14:33:16.457-06:00I'm reading The Time In Between right now and ...I'm reading The Time In Between right now and loving it. It's great to see more women-centric WWII novels coming into fashion here; I have been fascinated by the period for most of my life and devour Alan Furst's WWII thriller novels.C.W. Gortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-91107295316291644572011-11-10T22:01:53.045-06:002011-11-10T22:01:53.045-06:00This is true, Marg, I've seen a few novels abo...This is true, Marg, I've seen a few novels about women pilots lately. On the adult fiction side, Karl Friedrich's Wings is another, as is Kate Lord Brown's novel which Melissa mentioned.<br /><br />Kate Furnivall is an author whose work I've been meaning to read for a while.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-14106144871009268772011-11-10T20:06:36.729-06:002011-11-10T20:06:36.729-06:00Meant to also say...can't wait for The White P...Meant to also say...can't wait for The White Pearl!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-14074910227517877182011-11-10T20:05:44.971-06:002011-11-10T20:05:44.971-06:00So this is a list after my own heart! I love books...So this is a list after my own heart! I love books set in WWII and just reviewed Kommandant's Girl today.<br /><br />I have noticed that there deos seem to be a lot of YA type books about female pilots - Fly Girl by SHerri Smith (I think) and then there have been a couple more since then.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-9536595493095089352011-11-09T22:26:28.254-06:002011-11-09T22:26:28.254-06:00Oh no, another novel it sounds like I'll have ...Oh no, another novel it sounds like I'll have to drop everything and read. And I have a copy of The Time In Between already, so...<br /><br />I'm nearly done with All That I Am, and it's very good, though due to its stream-of-consciousness style and the earlier time period it covers (before the war even began), it falls into a different category than the rest.<br /><br />I'm a fan of Bookcloseouts too. You do get subjects in UK-pubbed WWII novels you don't often get here - land girls, for instance. I recently finished Lissa Evans' Their Finest Hour and a Half, which is both a humorous and serious take on the war and the propaganda films broadcast at the time.<br /><br />Thanks for adding to the ongoing list!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-90893957244343312362011-11-09T17:30:09.224-06:002011-11-09T17:30:09.224-06:00Also, LAST TRAIN FROM LIGURIA by Christine Dwyer H...Also, LAST TRAIN FROM LIGURIA by Christine Dwyer Hickey, Pam Jenoff's first novel THE KOMMANDANT'S GIRL, and MY ENEMY'S CRADLE by Sara Young.<br /><br />One theme which among U.S. authors only Chris Bohjalian has covered in SKELETONS AT THE FEAST, but which has been more prevalent in the U.K. and Europe, is the flight from East Prussia at the end of WWII. THE FLIGHT by Brian Malessa, THE LAST SUMMER by Catrin Collier, and RESTITUTION by Eliza Graham all cover this event.<br /><br />I love bookcloseouts.com!<br /><br />Sarah Other LibrarianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-22253880706904907422011-11-09T17:09:51.232-06:002011-11-09T17:09:51.232-06:00OMG you MUST read THE TIME IN BETWEEN. I read it ...OMG you MUST read THE TIME IN BETWEEN. I read it from Netgalley and it is AMAZING!! It's like THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE in that it immerses you into a fairly unknown part of WWII, both in terms of location and events, but it is its own book. It's a great sweeping read. <br /><br />I also liked THE SOLDIER'S WIFE very much and wasn't too taken with THE POSTMISTRESS either.<br /><br />Mary Doria Russell's A THREAD OF GRACE, about WWII Italy, was published in 2005 - still somewhat recent.<br /><br />Perhaps interest parallels why so many WWII NF books continue to be published - it was "the last good war" - also, there were cameras and radio and other devices to record it more than any previous war - and a lot of information is still being discovered, most notably from Iron Curtain country archives and letters/notes/unpublished manuscripts of elderly family members. <br /><br />Sarah Other LibrarianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-47714178757010708642011-11-09T07:51:37.554-06:002011-11-09T07:51:37.554-06:00Great to see so much interest in this post. I'...Great to see so much interest in this post. I'll have to make up lists like this more often!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-32341637585255508052011-11-08T19:16:58.014-06:002011-11-08T19:16:58.014-06:00Wonderful post - these all look amazing (especiall...Wonderful post - these all look amazing (especially <i>The White Pearl</i>. I need to request some of these for my library... ;)Silsbeehttp://irregularsilsbee.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-30917740863748878052011-11-08T14:52:12.603-06:002011-11-08T14:52:12.603-06:00All of those books look good. I am going to have t...All of those books look good. I am going to have to check into some of them.Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-76696402963416723022011-11-08T10:24:34.050-06:002011-11-08T10:24:34.050-06:00Thanks for this very complete post. My writing is ...Thanks for this very complete post. My writing is about the decade before the one you describe, but I wonder if part of the WW II trend is rooted in a desire of people to heroically stand up against evil. If so, I hope some of those readers are right this minute Occupying Wall Street.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-60487249748945319052011-11-07T20:35:11.283-06:002011-11-07T20:35:11.283-06:00What a fabulous round up. So many to add to my TBR...What a fabulous round up. So many to add to my TBR list!Julie K. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482808163340645506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-2902447082685170672011-11-07T13:57:32.790-06:002011-11-07T13:57:32.790-06:00So many of those are already on my TO READ list......So many of those are already on my TO READ list....I recently finished The Soldier's Wife and absolutely LOVED it...probably one of the best books I've read this year!! Great list!!*krystyn*https://www.blogger.com/profile/08611182339906918223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-4944107514549291802011-11-07T13:20:50.173-06:002011-11-07T13:20:50.173-06:00Hi Carrie, I've been reading UK-published WWII...Hi Carrie, I've been reading UK-published WWII sagas also. I've been able to find many out-of-print ones at cheap prices from Awesomebooks.co.uk, and some I've gotten on Paperbackswap. It's interesting that not long ago, WWII wasn't considered "historical" by many readers, but now that's it's getting to be 70+ years ago, that's been changing!<br /><br />For those keeping track for wishlists and such, I found one more title: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Obedience-Novel-Jacqueline-Yallop/dp/0143120670/" rel="nofollow">Jacqueline Yallop's <em>Obedience</em></a>, from Penguin in Jan 2012.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-19766422554436018222011-11-07T12:50:06.672-06:002011-11-07T12:50:06.672-06:00Wonderful list! Some of them are on my wishlist a...Wonderful list! Some of them are on my wishlist already. I love this time period for historical fiction. Previously, I found willing Bookmoochers from the UK to send me WWII-era novels. (Although, I have to say I'm not a fan of Blake's<i>The Postmistres</i>.)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817696032764711922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-21850306528759583542011-11-07T11:26:05.322-06:002011-11-07T11:26:05.322-06:00Velva Jean and the Eng - thanks for the suggestion...Velva Jean and the Eng - thanks for the suggestions, Alex and Elizabeth. I loved Velva Jean's first adventures...<br /><br />Geri, good question, and something I've thought about too. WWII is now in the distant enough past that people are starting to rediscover those stories, and a fair number of authors are basing their works on tales from their family tree. (Kristina McMorris' Letters from Home is one of these) You could be right about the appeal of nations working together, the heroism of the era, etc, too!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-70874048847749148422011-11-07T10:53:12.011-06:002011-11-07T10:53:12.011-06:00Hi Sarah, there's also in the Arms of the Enem...Hi Sarah, there's also in the Arms of the Enemy by Lisbeth Eng, published by Wild Rose Press.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.com