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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this whole series.  As a person who is usally skeptical about any fiction published by LDS publishers, I expected to think it was dumb.  It wasn't.  I cried.  It was a real book, not one written just to sell stuff to Mormons.  <br/><br/>I actually had to read it.  When I was at BYU I signe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25239122">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Thomas family is about to face WW2.  Alex, a missionary in Germany, loves the German people.  Bobbie breaks off her engagement and joins the military as a nurse.  Wally chooses to join the Air Corps as an escape from responsibilities of life, and is captured as a POW.<br/><br/>The entire serie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36706801">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Let me start by saying two things:<br/>1) I'm usually not a big fan of LDS fiction. It tends to be kinds dorky and a little too in-your-face spiritual. Not to mention badly written. But I liked this book. It wasn't like that at all.<br/>2) I took a creative writing class from Dean Hughes, and he's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45588206">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is by far the best book of the series, book 1.  The whole series is Historical Fiction about an LDS (Mormon) Family. Vol 1 and 2 tell a story about this family during WWII, and tie it into the histroy of the LDS chuch. By book 3 the story has taken on its own life about seperation and love and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26210569">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Thought I'd give it a shot. My mom loves this series. We'll see...<br/><br/>Well, I did it. I'm not a super fan of the LDS fiction genre. It's generally super cheesy and unrealistic and preachy. But I love historical fiction, and <em>Rumors of War</em> delivered a great story. Set in the years leading up t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58496406">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[great historical fiction. I liked the whole series.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/571512.Since_You_Went_Away_Children_of_the_Promise_Volume_2_" title="Since You Went Away (Children of the Promise, Volume 2) by Dean Hughes">Since You Went Away</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/433160.Far_from_Home_Children_of_the_Promise_Vol_3_" title="Far from Home (Children of the Promise Vol 3) by Dean Hughes">Far from Home</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1207895.When_We_Meet_Again_Children_of_the_Promise_Vol_4_" title="When We Meet Again (Children of the Promise, Vol. 4) by Dean Hughes">When We Meet Again</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1238338.As_Long_As_I_Have_You_Children_of_the_Promise_Vol_5_" title="As Long As I Have You (Children of the Promise, Vol. 5) by Dean Hughes">As Long As I Have You</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69659531">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been years since I've read this one, and I haven't finished the series, so I need to go back and re-read, but it was an amazing experience reading about the POW camp during WW2. I pretty much sobbed while I was reading. <br/><br/>It's about a fictional family experiencing life in the 1930-194...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38789133">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this series and the next generation series (Hearts of the children) by Dean Hughes.  I like historical fiction, and even though I wasn't around for the WWII Hughes gave me soulful words that I can relate, the second generation books have to do with the Vietnam War, which I can relate to the t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64822886">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll just review the whole series by saying they were very cheesy and I liked them more than I expected. I think I liked the history involved much more than many of the characters, especially the father. I'm also not a fan of that &quot;shadow of the everlasting mountain&quot; Utah kind of talk beca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60398038">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Action.  Romance.  Adventure.  Control.  It's all here.   </strong>You want it.  You got it.  It's all here.  <br/><br/><em>Rumors of War</em> takes time to read.  Not only because it contains many pages but because it is meaty and leaves a lot to chew on.  I was aware of much of the brutality caused by the Nazis a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58161016">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Started this book in 2005 when Dave and I were first married, ha ha!  Only got a couple chapters into it.  I think it must have been right around the time we moved to Iowa, which is when Harry Potter book 6 came out, so that explains why I didn't get into it.<br/><br/>Well, gave it another try, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37976905">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It takes about 80 pages to get into the book since his descriptions aren’t exciting, but I highly recommend this book. It is a historic fiction of a lifelike family in the 1930s in Salt Lake City. There is wonderful character development. You really love each one you “meet.” Hughes strong poin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13312835">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is great. I wanted to learn more about WWII and this was an enjoyable way to learn. The author did a great job of giving us all perspectives - American, German, Japanese, Civilian, and Soldier. What a great sacrifice made by all and what a great tragedy that war is. There was so much hea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61815323">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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