Heather Webb (2) (1976–)
Autor de Last Christmas in Paris
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Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1976-10-10
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New England, USA
- Ocupaciones
- writer
historical novelist - Agente
- Kevan Lyon (Marshal Lyon Literary Agency)
- Biografía breve
- Heather Webb grew up a military brat and naturally became obsessed with travel, culture, and languages. She put her degrees to good use teaching high school French for nearly a decade before turning to full time novel writing and freelance editing. Her debut, BECOMING JOSEPHINE will release in 2014 from Plume/Penguin.
When not writing, Heather flexes her foodie skills or looks for excuses to head to the other side of the world. She loves to chitchat on Twitter with new reader friends or writers (@msheatherwebb) or via her blog. Stop on by!
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Meet Me in Monaco: A Novel of Grace Kelly's Royal… por Hazel Gaynor
Being old enough to remember these events in history I found this novel an enjoyable read.
This book was interesting. The only reading I kept reading it was because I wanted to find out how it ended. It's pretty depressing.
Tom rereads the letters written by Evie and him during WWI while he was away fighting. These letters tell the story of their lives during the war.
I enjoyed this book. I liked that Evie saved her letters as did the people she wrote to during the war. Tom also saved his. I liked the insight given by Tom into the war and his breakdown. I do think the letters would have been more censored especially about the war front. I would like to know what happened between Tom and his cousin John that colored Tom's feelings towards John. I would also like to know why John was not on the battle front instead of at a desk job during the war.
I was thinking of how WWI changed so much for society with the breakdown of norms. I am sure they talked of before the war and after the war as we do the pandemic. Watching how their feelings toward the war changes during the 5 years of the war was interesting. At first, it's a lark then reality sets in that it will not be a quick war and people have changed because of what they saw and did. Plus, there were some that never came home. I was glad Evie defied her mother over her brother's letters. It helped at the end to know that Tom was not alone in Paris for his last Christmas.
While I was fine during most of the book, the ending killed me. I cried hard over those last few pages so you might want to keep kleenex at hand. I am crying now as I write this, remembering the ending. This is a book worth reading. If I had not borrowed it from the library, I would be putting it on my keeper shelf.… (más)
I enjoyed this book. I liked that Evie saved her letters as did the people she wrote to during the war. Tom also saved his. I liked the insight given by Tom into the war and his breakdown. I do think the letters would have been more censored especially about the war front. I would like to know what happened between Tom and his cousin John that colored Tom's feelings towards John. I would also like to know why John was not on the battle front instead of at a desk job during the war.
I was thinking of how WWI changed so much for society with the breakdown of norms. I am sure they talked of before the war and after the war as we do the pandemic. Watching how their feelings toward the war changes during the 5 years of the war was interesting. At first, it's a lark then reality sets in that it will not be a quick war and people have changed because of what they saw and did. Plus, there were some that never came home. I was glad Evie defied her mother over her brother's letters. It helped at the end to know that Tom was not alone in Paris for his last Christmas.
While I was fine during most of the book, the ending killed me. I cried hard over those last few pages so you might want to keep kleenex at hand. I am crying now as I write this, remembering the ending. This is a book worth reading. If I had not borrowed it from the library, I would be putting it on my keeper shelf.… (más)
Another great historical fiction book that enlightened me about a piece of history I knew little of. My great-grandparents came to the USA through Ellis Island around the time this story takes place, and I tried envisioning them enduring the journey, and the treatment (one of my great-grandma's was Italian) they may have endured... similar to Francesca and others mentioned in the story.
And the restrictions on Alma, a native New Yorker who works at Ellis Island, reminded me of how far women have come (and how far we have yet to go) in our rights to be treated equal. Her controlling step-father, and his horrendous choice of a husband for Alma painted a too-true situation for women during that era. I especially loved the fierce loyalty and friendship that developed between Francesca and Alma.
It felt like I was on Ellis island at times, hearing the various native languages, the noise, sweat, fear, and hunger oozing in-between the crowded immigration process. I had to keep reminding myself this is how it was for our ancestors who sacrificed everything for a better life... which meant a better life for us.
Thank you to the author for bringing this piece of history to me, and to the publisher, and NetGalley, for providing me a copy of this great story!… (más)
And the restrictions on Alma, a native New Yorker who works at Ellis Island, reminded me of how far women have come (and how far we have yet to go) in our rights to be treated equal. Her controlling step-father, and his horrendous choice of a husband for Alma painted a too-true situation for women during that era. I especially loved the fierce loyalty and friendship that developed between Francesca and Alma.
It felt like I was on Ellis island at times, hearing the various native languages, the noise, sweat, fear, and hunger oozing in-between the crowded immigration process. I had to keep reminding myself this is how it was for our ancestors who sacrificed everything for a better life... which meant a better life for us.
Thank you to the author for bringing this piece of history to me, and to the publisher, and NetGalley, for providing me a copy of this great story!… (más)
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