Since You Went Away World War II Letters from American Women on the Home Front |
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| Editor:
| Litoff, Judy Barnett
Smith, David C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-506795-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1991 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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"Last night Mel and I were talking about some of the adjustments we'll have to make to our husbands' return. I must admit I'm not exactly the same girl you left--I'm twice as independent as I used to be and to top it off, I sometimes think I've become 'hard as nails'....Also--more and more I've been living exactly as I want to...I do as I damn please." These tough words from the wife of a soldier show that World War II changed much more than international politics. In Since You Went...
More Description"Last night Mel and I were talking about some of the adjustments we'll have to make to our husbands' return. I must admit I'm not exactly the same girl you left--I'm twice as independent as I used to be and to top it off, I sometimes think I've become 'hard as nails'....Also--more and more I've been living exactly as I want to...I do as I damn please." These tough words from the wife of a soldier show that World War II changed much more than international politics. In Since You Went Away, the letters of hundreds of women of all backgrounds, ages, and regions reveal how the war revolutionized the lives of those left at home. Drawn from a vast archive of wartime correspondence, these letters are sometimes touching, sometimes anguished, and always packed with intimate glimpses of the World War II era.