Home > Books > War Brides: The stories of the women who left everything behind to follow the men they loved
 |
| War Brides: The Stories of the women who left everything behind to follow the men they loved by Melynda Jarratt |
New Release! June 2007 From Tempus Publishing in Britain
What the reviewers are saying:
Your Family Tree (UK)
"The first comprehensive history of its kind. Told with enthusiasm and warmth, it will be of interest to anyone who enjoys reading of real lives in new contexts...All this is prefaced by an intelligent and informative introduction to the history of the Canadian War Brides...."
‘Overpaid, over-sexed and over here’ was the verdict of many British civilians on American and Canadian soldiers serving in Britain during the Second World War.
Yet for thousands of young women, the influx of handsome military men meant flirting – and falling in love. The result was over 48,000 marriages to Canadian soldiers alone, and a mass emigration of British War Brides to northern America and across the globe in the 1940s.
A new book "War Brides: The stories of the women who left everything behind to follow the men they loved" by Historian Melynda Jarratt has painstakingly captured the incredible stories of young women – some say brave, some say foolish – who left their families and homes to move to a country thousands of miles away with a man they barely knew. Yet the ensuing decades brought happiness to many, and surviving women share their tales of love, family and starting again.
For some brides, the outcome was a very different story, and the darker side of the crossings reveals astonishing accounts of infidelity, domestic violence, poverty, alcoholism and divorce. This incredible new history draws on original archival documents, personal correspondence, and key first-hand accounts to tell the amazing story of the War Brides in their own words – and shows the love, passion, tragedy and spirit of adventure that thousands of British women experienced in a turbulent time.
The personal stories of more than 50 War Brides from across Canada appear in this new history. Fully indexed, it contains 16 pages of photographs, an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary resources, recommended reading, maps, and statistical information about War Bride emigration to Canada.
"War Brides: The stories of the women who left everything behind to follow the men they loved" was printed in Britain by Tempus Publishing. It is distributed in Canada through Van Well Publishing www.vanwell.com (ISBN 9780752443096)
War Brides : The Stories of the Women Who Left Everything Behind to Follow the Men They Loved
by Melynda Jarratt
ISBN-10: 0752443097
ISBN-13: 978-0752443096
Hard Cover, 288 pages, 16 pages of photographs
Nine chapters, indexed, bibliography and recommended reading.
In BRITAIN Available through Tempus Publishing (Now The History Press)
ON-LINE Canada and USA order NOW! on line through Amazon.com
IN CANADA have your local book store order through Van Well Publishing
Vanwell Publishing Limited
PO Box 2131, 1 Northrup Crescent
St Catharines, Ontario L2R 7S2
Canada
Toll Free (North America): 1-800-661-6136
Telephone: 1-905-937-3100 Fax: 1-905-937-1760
Email: sales@vanwell.com
|
