{"product_id":"letters-from-the-home-front-barbara-bannister-9781458209603","title":"Letters from the Home Front: World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter years of being apart, cousins Carolyn and Patty are eager to catch up with each other at a relative's wedding. They bring the letters they exchanged during World War II--when they were children--as a way to reminisce.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the women read through the letters, they are transported back to the American home front. When they begin writing letters, Carolyn has just moved from Nebraska to Oregon, and the two girls desperately miss each other. But their communication is soon overshadowed by the events of December 7, 1941, when Pearl Harbor is bombed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe tone of the letters changes as the girls grow preoccupied with the war. Patty tells Carolyn about how their Japanese American friends move to Canada to avoid being put into camps, while Carolyn expresses her relief that her father cannot enlist in the navy due to a blind eye. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether they write about gas rationing and blackout regulations or saving money to buy war stamps, Carolyn and Patty reveal the war's impact on their lives. But as the two discuss the contents of the letters at their reunion, they realize just how much the war years shaped who they are as adults.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArtfully switching between the past and the present, Letters from the Home Front is a charming novel of America during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Bannister,Connie Duncan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1458209601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781458209603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abbott Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Barbara Bannister","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48442263273727,"sku":"9781458209603","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07402a3e-3fd9-4b51-9b25-a3d37841b797.jpg?v=1777196214","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-from-the-home-front-barbara-bannister-9781458209603","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}