{"product_id":"delivering-apple-pie-bill-reichert-9798301403194","title":"Delivering Apple Pie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A kaleidoscopic tale set around World War II with an international cast of characters. Intrigue and color abound... this is well-researched fiction and the scenes feel authentic. A finely detailed war novel with an outsize cast.\" \u003c\/b\u003e- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelivering Apple Pie\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves the lives of several fictional characters between 1940 and 1963, from the war in the Pacific into postwar suburbia and the baby boom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire forges a strong personal identity during WW2 in the Army Nurse Corps. Her sister Amy pursues elusive dreams in Hollywood. Emma is a Czech concentration camp survivor. Ginny is a spoiled American debutante. Larry and Frank are working class laborers struggling with postwar ambitions. Sakura is a nursing student in doomed Nagasaki.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese characters and many others converge in Levittown-America's first major suburban housing development-where they experience abrupt societal shifts into conformity. Women in particular are pulled from responsible wartime careers and shoehorned into more limited housebound roles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWas a woman's life to be lived in selfless service to others, or was it something she could shape into her own pursuit of happiness? For many, the all-American suburb wasn't exactly a perfect fit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Reichert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798301403194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95d","brand":"Bill Reichert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962279022847,"sku":"9798301403194","price":18.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9ec8d97-b427-44ff-9545-714a0a63aa14.jpg?v=1750649873","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/delivering-apple-pie-bill-reichert-9798301403194","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}