by Thomas J. Fleming
Here is a novel of epic scope that offers --- through a cast of rich and emotionally complex characters, both historical and fictional --- one of the best encapsulations of the American experience in France during the First World War.
Here is a novel of epic scope that offers --- through a cast of rich and emotionally complex characters, both historical and fictional --- one of the best encapsulations of the American experience in France during the First World War.
Over There begins in 1917 and focuses on the US involvement in The Great War (WWI). Americans debate and Woodrow Wilson waffles over whether to send troops to Europe. Polly Warden is the privileged daughter of a wealthy New Yorker who wants more than marriage and babies, and she decides to head to E...