We'll Meet Again in Aussie Readers

Mar 07, 2023 Brenda rated it really liked it

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Maggie and Elizabeth Cardwell were like chalk and cheese - Maggie, the younger of the two, was brimming with flirtatious confidence, while Elizabeth was calm, quiet - the good sister. In Hawaii with their parents - Mr Cardwell was a Canberran politician and high up in the military ranks - it wasn't long before Maggie met Cody Baker on the beach. Tom Baker, Cody's brother, and Elizabeth formed an easy friendship while Elizabeth kept an eye on Maggie. After the Cardwell family had boarded a ship b ...more

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Mar 10, 2023 Helen rated it it was amazing

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This is a beautifully told story, filled with lots of different emotions as we meet the Cardwell sisters Elizabeth and Maggie, two totally different girls in so many ways, the story starts in Hawaii during WW2 their father has taken the family on a trip while he is there for diplomatic reasons, come back in time and see how their story ends.

Elizabeth is quiet and kind of serious and Maggie is wild and knows what she wants with her life, on Waikiki Beach they meet the handsome Baker brothers, Tom This is a beautifully told story, filled with lots of different emotions as we meet the Cardwell sisters Elizabeth and Maggie, two totally different girls in so many ways, the story starts in Hawaii during WW2 their father has taken the family on a trip while he is there for diplomatic reasons, come back in time and see how their story ends.

Elizabeth is quiet and kind of serious and Maggie is wild and knows what she wants with her life, on Waikiki Beach they meet the handsome Baker brothers, Tom and Cody, Maggie falls for Cody and soon Elizabeth and Tom are chaperoning Maggie and Cody as they tour through Hawaii, Tom and Elizabeth start up a very easy going friendship, but the trip comes to an end and the girls sail home Maggie is heartbroken. When they arrive home the news comes through that the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbour, the girls are worried about the brothers, especially since Tom is stationed on the Oklahoma.

Back home Elizabeth is pushing to join the WRANS much against her parent’s wishes but she if finally allowed to go to Darwin to help a naval officer, here Elizabeth comes alive as her world changes, the Japanese are getting closer and danger looms she makes friends and everything changes for her, it becomes very dangerous.

Maggie decides it is time to make her own decisions and takes off to Sydney to make a life for herself and aim at doing the one wish she has always had, she works hard meets lots of different people and is soon heading towards her dream, although it was not always easy.

As the war makes things more dangerous their lives are changing and fate will take a hand in their future, at different ends of Australia they run into the Baker brothers again and there is another story to unwind. Will these sisters finally met up again as well, will they be safe and move towards the future?

I loved this book, it really is a beautiful story of family and emotions that takes place in 1941 and joins true facts about the bombing of Pearl Harbour and Darwin and brings them together in a story that is filled with strong characters that are easy to like, it pulled me in and I felt the pain that they went through. The ending is beautiful and it is a story that I would highly recommend.

My thanks to Harlequin AU for my copy to read and review.
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Jul 14, 2024 Janine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

What an awesome story this was, two sisters and two brothers both caught up with world war 2 and the attack on pearl harbour. This is historical fiction which explains all about the bombing of Darwin as well as the tale of 4 people and how war affected them. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I will look forward to anything she writes from now on.

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Mar 13, 2023 Bree T rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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