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Requiem for a Wren

Nevil Shute

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Jun 04, 2024 Lisa of Hopewell rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I year or two ago I started reading through the long list of Nevil Shute’s books. He was an engineer and his “other” career is mentioned in the book His Majesty’s Airship (my review is linked). Nevil Shute Norway, his full name, writes the kind of books I miss when I finish them. Yes, there are the occasional cringe moments due to thoughts and opinions changing over the years, but that’s part of reading old books. This one appealed to me because it is a World War II vet’s story–perfec ...more

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Neville Shute
1955
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Originally published in the UK as Requiem for a Wren, this 1955 novel was retitled for the US, presumably because American readers would be unlikely to recognize the British term "Wren" -- meaning WRNS (Women's Naval Reserve Service). The titular Wren is Janet Prentice, but the story is narrated by Alan Duncan, whom we first meet as he is returning to his family's large station in Western Australia after a number of years abroad. With his parents aging and his e ...more

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