This book was perfectly lovely. Unlike other, recent books set during WWI (ahem, Daughters of Mars), it didn't attempt to be a sweeping epic; instead it focused on three women and their lives in the war's aftermath. Evelyn is embittered by the loss of her fiance and now spends her days working in th...
World War I tends to get short shrift in fiction. It was not the war to end all wars. Its’ battles did not span the globe, and it did not involve worldwide alliances and partnerships. The battles themselves involved a one-war-only battle strategy that everyone agrees was an unmitigated failure that ...
"Wake" details three lives affected by the November 11th 1920 anniversary of Armistice Day, and the official ceremony of the burial of the Unknown Warrior. Three women (a young girl, a woman, and a mother) grieve the loss and hold a Wake for something, or someone, lost because of the Great War. Thro...
WW 1 is the new "IT" time period--this is the third fictional work I've read this year set during WW 1 and sadly the one I've enjoyed the least. Wake deals with the aftermath of the war and explores how a whole generation was cheated. These characters are not very likable and are certainly bitter...
Ada, Evelyn, and Hettie...three women all having their lives touched by WWI and all sharing the pain of loss.Ada lost her son and still believes he is alive since there really wasn't any closure. She thinks she sees him walking in the town on his way home, but he never does arrive home.Evelyn works...
I haven't read much WWI historical fiction before reading this novel. I've been meaning to read more of it and there was just something that seemed special about this novel that I knew I really wanted to read it. This book was such an emotional journey and I am so glad that I read it. This book fo...
Coming January 2014 from Randomhouse/ Transworld Thank you kindly to the author and publisher for the unexpected pleasure of a copy of this book in the post. Wake: 1) Emerge or cause to emerge from sleep 2) Ritual for the dead 3) Consequence or aftermath. The lives of three women are braided ...
Thank you to the publishers for giving me a chance to read an advance copy of this wonderful book. It tells the story of three different women, all connected by WW1 across five days in November 1920. Parts of the novel, especially the parts that tell the story of the transportation of the soldier I...
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