Dream When You're Feeling Blue

Name: Dream When You're Feeling Blue
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Berg
ISBN: 9780739325476

Author: Elizabeth Berg

Narrator: Elizabeth Berg

Unabridged: 9 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 05/01/2007

Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.

As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are going to fight overseas. On the domestic front, meat is rationed, children participate in metal drives, and Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller play music that offers hope and lifts spirits. For Kitty, a confident, headstrong young woman, the departure of her boyfriend and the lessons she learns about love, resilience, and war will bring a surprise and uncover a secret, and will lead her to a radical action on behalf of those she loves that will change the Heaney family forever. The lifelong consequences of the choices the sisters make are at the heart of this superb novel about the power of love and the enduring strength of family.

About The Author

Elizabeth Berg is the author of many bestselling novels, including Open House (an Oprah’s Book Club selection), Talk Before Sleep, and The Year of Pleasures, as well as the short story collection The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year. She adapted The Pull of the Moon into a play that enjoyed sold-out performances in Chicago and Indianapolis. Berg’s work has been translated into twenty-seven languages, and three of her novels have been turned into television movies. She is the founder of Writing Matters, a quality reading series dedicated to serving author, audience, and community. She teaches one-day writing workshops and is a popular speaker at venues around the country. Some of her most popular Facebook postings have been collected in Make Someone Happy. She lives outside Chicago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara on April 30, 2008

This book was SUCH a disappointment. I'd heard of the author, kept seeing the book around, and decided to give it a shot. It started out okay and got better as the story moved forward. Some of the period references got old (for example, instead of just mentioning rations, the author went on and on,......more

Goodreads review by Linda on April 12, 2019

4.5 stars...I round up. I really enjoy reading Elizabeth Berg novels because her characters are believable, the events accurate and settings memorable and because she is always able to keep the story flowing without the crude language & graphic sex that seem to be the norm in modern romance and hist......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on March 02, 2016

Book on CD read by the author. 2.5 ** From the book jacket: Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love. As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who ar......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on May 23, 2019

I really liked this book all throughout--except for the ending. I would have been happy for it to have ended without moving into the future events. Excellent story about living through World War II on the homefront.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on March 05, 2008

I've never been over the moon for any Elizabeth Berg book I've read, but sometimes they hit me at the right time and they're the perfect light read. This was not one of those books, and I really wanted it to be. It's set in Chicago, on the home front, during WWII. if nothing else, I expected to like......more