[bksvol-discuss] Re: Just Submitted: The War Against Miss Winter
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:32:34 -0700 (PDT)
That souonds lke fun reading, especially for some of use who lived through
through those days. Too bad I already have 3 things to do, one of which is long
but interesting--(Medals of Honor reipients--that's not the title but the
content.--fascinating
Cindy
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--- On Wed, 6/10/09, Donna Goodin <goodindo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Donna Goodin <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Just Submitted: The War Against Miss Winter
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 7:56 AM
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> Well, slowly but surely I’m
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> pile of books I accumulated over the winter. I just
> submitted the following in
> case anyone wants to validate, The War Against Miss Winter,
> by Kathryn Miller
> Haines. The scan was very clean, all pages have been
> checked and headers
> removed. I haven’t read it yet, but this looks
> like a very literate,
> well-written mystery. It was another recommendation
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> local mystery bookstore. The long synopsis—as
> provided by Bookshare follows.
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> It's 1943, and the war in Europe
> and the Pacific is
> escalating. At home in New York City, ordinary citizens are
> feeling the effects
> as the war has slowly taken over nearly every part of their
> lives, with food
> rations, frequent air raids, blackouts and propaganda signs
> delivering ominous
> warnings about the enemy. Against this backdrop,
> Rosie Winter has her own
> problems to deal with: her boyfriend unexpectedly enlisted
> in the Navy and she
> hasn't heard from him in weeks; she hasn't had an
> acting job in six months; and
> her theatrical rooming house is threatening to throw her
> out if she doesn't get
> cast in something soon. To top it off she's been forced
> to take a
> part–time job as a clerk for a lowbrow detective
> agency. When her boss
> turns up dead, Rosie finds herself caught up in a mystery
> that involves the
> mob, the theater crowd, Manhattan's high society, and a
> missing (and notorious)
> script. Led by the unforgettable Rosie Winter, THE
> WAR AGAINST MISS WINTER is
> an exceptionally evocative and original novel that
> beautifully brings to life
> the people and the places of World War II.
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