Truly Are the Free

Truly Are the Free

AngličtinaEbook
Walker, Jeffrey K.
Distributed By Ingram Spark
EAN: 9781947108035
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2018 Writers Digest Self-Published Book Awards Honorable Mention2018 B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree2018 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Finalist2018 Discovered Diamond2018 Goethe Award for Historical Fiction Long-Listed2017 Wishing Shelf Book Awards FinalistSouth Boston-native Ned Tobin has all the luck. Alive after the Somme, now an officer, he meets, beds and falls in love with the alluring Adele Chereaux, a half-English lycee teacher who gives herself fully to Ned. Their love affair is suddenly upended in 1917 when Ned is called home and Adele flees the last German advance of the First World War. Harlem lawyer Chester Dawkins is a fine young man and a devoted brother. He dutifully joins a new regiment anxious to fight for their chance at valor in the face of deep-rooted racism. Meanwhile, his sister, Lena, is left at home to shoulder a crippling legacy of family debt. Ned finds himself back in France with Chester's regiment. Can these soldiers from very different backgrounds overcome long-held prejudices and find common cause in the bloody trenches? Will Ned ever find Adele again? And what will become of Lena?Journey through avant-garde Paris, Prohibition-era Harlem and newly independent Ireland in this heart-wrenching yet hopeful story of love and loss. Has Ned's luck finally run out?
EAN 9781947108035
ISBN 1947108034
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavatel Distributed By Ingram Spark
Datum vydání 30. listopadu 2017
Stránky 289
Jazyk English
Země Uruguay
Autoři Walker, Jeffrey K.
Série Sweet Wine of Youth