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Mar 02, 2016
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2.5 **
From the book jacket: Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love. As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are going to fight overseas. On the domestic front … the Heaney sisters sit at their kitchen table every evening to write letters – Louise to her fiancé, Kitty to the man she wishes fervently would prop ...more
2.5 **
From the book jacket: Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love. As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are going to fight overseas. On the domestic front … the Heaney sisters sit at their kitchen table every evening to write letters – Louise to her fiancé, Kitty to the man she wishes fervently would prop ...more
3.5 stars.
I really enjoy reading Elizabeth Berg's books but this one fell flat for me. This is the story of three sisters living in Chicago during WWII but it seemed to be just their daily routines with no real depth or development. My favorite sister, Kitty, is very headstrong and goes to work in a factory but very little details about her job there. Yes, it talks a little about the men who work at the factory and how they didn't really care for the women, but that was the end of that segment. What about
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The story was somewhat predictable although the ending was a little surprising (and perhaps not as convincing as it could have been). But it was still interesting and set well in its time. This is more of a light read than anything else.
Jul 17, 2012
Butterflycager
marked it as to-read
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Jennifer
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Lisa
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