The Bungalow in Crazy Challenge Connection

Aug 02, 2014 Olivermagnus rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, 2017, romance

Anne Calloway's future is already planned out. She's going to marry Gerard Godfrey, a wealthy young banker she's known all her life, and begin her life as wife and mother. But it's 1942 and WWII has just started for the Americans. Both Anne and her best friend, Kitty, have studied nursing and decide to sign up for a tour as military nurses. Before long they are shipping out for the South Pacific island of Bora Bora. Kitty sees it all as a grand adventure, while Anne wants to find out if she's re ...more

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Dec 10, 2013 Jan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, book-club-etc, favorites, second-time-around, zz-finished-in-2014, around-the-world-other

Historical war time romances are becoming my new favorite reading material and I can now say that The Bungalow is definitely one of my favorites. It does a wonderful job of combining the seriousness and tragedies of WWII with a sweet love story that takes place against the back drop of the beautiful island of Bora-Bora. Plus it was written in first person POV which immediately captures my attention and immerses me into the story. I loved how the author introduces us to Anne as an elderly woman r ...more

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Jan 06, 2017 Eileen added it

Based on the summary, I expected this book to focus on an old painting, Bora Bora, life for a woman in the Army Nurse Corp., a romance, and a crime. In reading the first half of the book, I found details of the first three minimally present. There was a romance but it seemed a little shallow and contrived. I expect the crime will be introduced in the second half of the book. Unfortunately, I did not feel engaged enough at the halfway point to finish the book.

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