[bksvol-discuss] Re: Just Submitted: The War Against Miss Winter
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:10:14 -0700 (PDT)
Yes. I'll add it to my list of books to get from the library. Smile
Cindy
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--- On Wed, 6/10/09, Donna Goodin <goodindo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Donna Goodin <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Just Submitted: The War Against Miss Winter
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 4:54 PM
> The book you have sounds
> fascinating. The War Against Miss Winter looks
> like a really good book. There's a lot of stuff
> about living through WWII, I could tell from just the
> proofing that I did. But I know that feeling of having
> too much going on already. Maybe you can read it some
> other time.
> Donna
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> On Behalf Of Cindy
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:33 PM
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> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Just Submitted: The War
> Against Miss
> > Winter
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> > 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:
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> > > 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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> > > Hi all,
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> > > Well, slowly but surely Im
> > > making my way through the
> > > 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 havent read it yet, but this
> looks
> > > like a very literate,
> > > well-written mystery. It was another
> recommendation
> > > from the proprietor of our
> > > local mystery bookstore. The long
> synopsisas
> > > provided by Bookshare follows.
> > >
> > > Donna
> > >
> > > 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
> > > parttime 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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