Book title: Wheresoever They May Be
Author: Terri Wangard
Release date: August 30, 2017
Genre: Historical – World War II
Joe Gallagher grew up in a small house with plenty of siblings. He loves the solitude of flying, but the war has dragged on for so long. He’s ready to go home.
Susan Talbot has a bad attitude. She’s estranged from her family and she doesn’t attract friends. But war can bring out the best in people and Susan’s surprised to realize she’s happy.
They all do their part in striving for victory in World War II. Sometimes, though, the danger can be hard to identify.
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I have always loved learning about the World War II era, and this book is filled with many historic details about World War II that most books and even textbooks leave out. From the very beginning you will find yourself drawn into the intensity of the War. The author shows us the different struggles that people suffered throughout the War by allowing us to follow the viewpoints of four different individuals during the War. While each chapter does switch to a new person, I did not find it confusing or hard to follow. There were times when the chapter would end and switch to new person, that I wanted to stay with the previous person to see what would happen to them next.
One of the things that I enjoyed most about this book, was the way that the characters grew throughout the story. Most of them grew closer to God and told others about God as well. The courage and strength that the characters showed throughout the book was incredible. They went through a lot, but they never let their problems get them down. I must warn you though, that there are some things mentioned in this book that some readers(myself included) may find inappropriate. Also I must confess that by the time I finished the book, I was depressed and frustrated about how the book ended. Not that it was a bad ending, but it doesn't have a complete happy ending.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Celebrate Lit in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.
I didn’t want to completely turn away from flying, and I prefer topics that aren’t commonly known. How about a grasshopper pilot? My second character was on board.
I had toyed with the idea of a family generational series. A World War II story paired with a World War I story. But no, too unwieldy.
The WAC could have a sister, though, who stayed on the home front and did factory work. Oh, dear. I couldn’t completely stay away from B-17s. She’s building them.
She also needs a husband. He’ll be in the navy, and not on an aircraft carrier. A destroyer! (This was in the works before Sarah Sundin signed a contract for her just-concluded series about destroyer men. I checked with her: She was writing about the Atlantic war; my guy’s in the Pacific. No problem.) I studied the list of Pacific destroyers and, oooh, the Spence. All kinds of possibilities there.
So there I had it: a sailor, his Rosie-the-Riveter wife, her WAC sister, and a grasshopper pilot. They’re all doing their part to help win the war, but sometimes the enemy isn’t obvious.
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