Have You Ever Visited Grand Central Station?
I had the
honor of visiting this grand station in my teens. It is a historical monument in Manhattan New
York. I took the train from Washington
DC to this great station with my family. Let's visit this station again in the 1940s,
but more specifically post World War II.
How could this war change the people who entered and exited Grand
Central?
Synopsis:
These
stories that are shared in Grand Central focus on men and women who served in
some capacity in the military during World War II. It also includes those who
served state side in their homes. What could
the outcome possibly be? Each story
begins with the reader seeing how the previous story ended. This anthology
included authors Melanie Benjamin, Jenna Blum, Amanda Hodgkinson, Pam Jenoff,
Sarah Jio, Sarah McCoy, Kristina McMorris, Alyson Richman, Erika Robuck, and
Karen White. How do these stories bring
hope and a future for those that experienced the war?
My
Thoughts:
I liked
reading this anthology. I especially
liked it because it included some of my favorite authors: Alyson Richman, Sarah Jio, Karen White, and
Melanie Benjamin. I also read for the
first time the stories by Erika Robuck, Kristina McMorris, Pam Jenoff, and
Sarah McCoy.
The one part I had a hard time with is seeing
in the next story where the other story ended. I thought it would be more
straight forward. The beginning of the
next story goes off in a different direction. Otherwise once I adjusted it was
seamless. Some stories had characters
that I could relate with on many levels.
One of the
best is by Erika Robuck who wrote about a woman who had been physically abused
by her husband. The tone of the story made you feel what this woman had gone
through. I also found Karen White's
story interesting. I didn't know that we
had prisoner of war camps in the United States.
A book that represented it's cause well!
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