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The Nightingale by Kristin HannahReunited when the elder's husband is sent to fight in World War II, French sisters Vianne and Isabelle find their bond as well as their respective beliefs tested by a world that changes in horrific ways
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The Flight Girls by Noelle SalazarA novel looks at the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program and the heroic role women played in training military pilots who were being deployed to fight during World War II. A first novel. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.
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The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam JenoffAfter discovering an abandoned, photograph-filled suitcase in Grand Central Station in 1946, a young widow sets out to discover who the people in the pictures are. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Orphan's Tale.
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The Fire by Night by Teresa MessineoA first novel commemorating the unsung heroines of World War II traces the experiences of two military nurses who fight for survival and care for others in a makeshift medical unit and a POW camp, enduring dangerous existences while waiting for the war to end.
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The Jukebox Queen of Malta by Nicholas RinaldiCorporal Rocco Raven, a scared Brooklyn kid assigned to the island of Malta during World War II, falls for Melita, a Maltese jukebox repairwoman, leading to a moving, funny, and, finally, calamitous wartime love affair.
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The Sea Before Us by Sarah SundinAmerican naval officer Wyatt Paxton works closely with Dorothy Fairfax of the Women's Royal Navy Service to prepare for the Allied invasion of France, but they are reluctant to yield to the love building between them
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The Paris Orphan by Natasha LesterAn American soldier and an enterprising photographer brave occupied France during World War II to help a young orphan find a family. By the best-selling author of The Paris Seamstress.
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Daughters of War by Hilary GreenThe year is 1912, and Britain is gripped by fear of war with Germany. Intelligent, headstrong Leonora Malham Brown feels stifled by her middle-class upbringing, so when feisty Victoria Langford introduces her to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, she seizes her chance--and when trouble flares in the Balkans, the girls head to Bulgaria to offer their assistance on the battlefield. Neither are prepared for the grim realities of war, but as well as danger, fear and excitement, Leo will find unexpected--and passionate--romance. A thrilling and passionate World War I saga.
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Dream When You're Feeling Blueby Elizabeth BergAfter sending their men off to fight in the war, sisters Kitty and Louise Heaney join their flirtatious younger sister, Tish, in writing letters to servicemen overseas, in a study of life during World War II from the perspective of the young men on the battlefield and the women left behind on the home front.
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