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Laddar... Goodnight from Londonav Jennifer Robson
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I is 1940 and Ruby Sutton is a journalist in the US for The American during WWII. Walter Kaczmarek, the publisher of Picture Weekly in London sent a letter asking if Mike Mitchell could send a woman journalist to London to work on Picture Weekly's human interest stories. They would split her salary. Ruby was chosen because she had no family and WWII was waging in England and throughout Europe at this time. She arrives safely in London, is met by Bennett, a friend of the publisher, and takes up residence in The Manchester near the Picture Weekly's office. Bennett was very helpful, getting her established in The Manchester, explaining the ration books, and the IDs needed as well as taking her out to dinner the first night to a small Italian cafe. Just as she was settling in the bombs start falling in what comes to be known as the Blitz. One night her hotel is burned to the ground. Bennett again comes to the rescue and installs her in the home of his Godmother where she is welcomed. The rest of the story revolves around Ruby's setting in with this family, getting and writing stories, and wondering what Bennett actually does for the government as he comes and goes. As the occupation of France comes to an end, she is able to travel to there and report on the war for 30 days. ( ) This is one of my favorite historical novels. I have just reread this (for a prompt in a book club: "just a girl and her cat") with a friend, and we both utterly enjoyed it. The author has given insight into The Blitz, life in London during WW2, the American expatriate experience in England during the war, and the daily life of a journalist — especially a young, single woman — in the 1940's. This is not just another WW2 novel. Ruby is a favorite character for me; she's warm, bright, determined, curious, sensitive, and humble. I admire Ruby's approach to her career, not just from a place of ambition (and survival, as a single woman with no family or support system), but more from the sheer joy of storytelling, and a sense that the people she interviews deserve to have their experiences illuminated and shared. And there's so much more in this book: Kaz. Simon. Vanessa and Ruby's found family. The city of London as a beleaguered yet charming and brave character. I just loved this book! I listened to the audio, with on-point narration by Saskia Maarleveld, and I also read the e-book as I listened. I enjoyed the bonus passages from Ruby's war correspondence, as well as selections of poetry. The author's note suggests numerous titles for additional interest, and I plan to look into these. Highly recommend, especially as a buddy read. I would love a second book ~ for Kaz! ❤️ After finishing an audiobook that was 23 hours long, I wanted something shorter and less intense. This provided exactly that. In 1940 Ruby Sutton, a young American journalist, is sent across to England to work for a London magazine. The writing style and the characters are quite straightforward. Occasionally I wished for more poetic prose, witty dialogue or nuanced characters -- but most of the time I was too caught up in the story to be critical. I just wanted to know how things would turn out! Ruby and her friends are likeable company, and her experiences and her perspective, as an outsider and as a reporter, are very interesting. Those details made this story sufficiently different from others I’ve recently read. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
In the summer of 1940, ambitious young American journalist Ruby Sutton gets her big break: the chance to report on the European war as a staff writer for Picture Weekly news-magazine in London. She jumps at the chance, for it's an opportunity not only to prove herself, but also to start fresh in a city and country that know nothing of her humble origins. But life in besieged Britain tests Ruby in ways she never imagined. Although most of Ruby's new colleagues welcome her, a few resent her presence, not only as an American but also as a woman. She is just beginning to find her feet, to feel at home in a country that is so familiar yet so foreign, when the bombs begin to fall. As the nightly horror of the Blitz stretches unbroken into weeks and months, Ruby must set aside her determination to remain an objective observer. When she loses everything but her life, and must depend upon the kindness of strangers, she learns for the first time the depth and measure of true friendship and what it is to love a man who is burdened by secrets that aren't his to share. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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