This week's Booking Through Thursday question is: It is November 11th, known here in the U.S. as Veteran’s Day, formerly Armistice Day to remember the end of WWI but expanded to honor all veterans who have fought for their country, so …
Do you read war stories? Fictional ones? Histories?
My answer: I don't read war stories per se, but I do LOVE stories set during World War I or II, especially in England, and especially love stories and I really like Charlotte Bingham!! I like to read about the people whose lives were affected by the war that were not necessarily the ones fighting. I find it interesting to read about what it is was like for the people "left behind". Actually one of my favourite books as a kid was by Kit Pearson about British kids sent to Canada to be safe during the war. I also like anything to do with the experience of the Jewish people and the Holocaust.
How about you readers?
I used to LOVE those Kit Pearson books! I love books about the homefront during the war. There is a great book out there called the Post-mistress that sort has the same theme. It takes place in the United States and Europe and has two parallel stories, one about a town affected by the war and another about a radio host who is travelling through Europe to try to get a story of what is happening to the Jews in Europe.
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