The Leonard Girls

Name: The Leonard Girls
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Deborah Challinor
ISBN: 9781460786680

Author: Deborah Challinor

Series: Restless Years #3

Narrator: Pania Mowat

Unabridged: 14 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/30/2022

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Family Life, Sagas, Military Fiction

Synopsis

Rowie's pro-war, her sister Jo's a protester. And they're both in Vietnam. The compelling new novel from the bestselling author of From the Ashes
In 1969, at the height of the Vietnam war, nurse Rowie Leonard is serving a 12-month tour of duty. She supports the war and is committed to caring for wounded New Zealand and Australian troops. After a few months, however, she realises that nothing at all about the conflict is as clear-cut as she'd assumed.Her younger sister, Jo, is the opposite - a student at Auckland University, a folk singer and a fervent anti-war protestor. But when Jo falls for professional soldier Sam Apanui, home on leave to visit his ill father, she finds herself torn between her feelings and her convictions.As the three of them grapple with love, loss, and the stresses and sorrows of war, each will be forced to confront and question everything they believed.Praise for Deborah Challinor:'Challinor is a good storyteller ... seamlessly joining fact and fiction and creating a convincing, atmospheric yarn' Bookseller and Publisher'The perfect blend of fact and fiction' NZ Herald

About Deborah Challinor

Deborah Challinor has a PhD in history and is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including the Children of War series, the Convict Girls series, the Smuggler's Wife series and the Restless Years series. She has also written one young adult novel and two non-fiction books. In 2018, Deborah was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature and historical research. She lives in New Zealand with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on April 19, 2022

I preface my review by saying that I'm not a Deborah Challinor fan and only picked this up because my favourite beach was on the cover (more on that later in my review). At it's heart, this is an enjoyable tale of boy meets girl / girl meets boy complicated by the fact that the boy is a soldier headi......more

Goodreads review by Keri on January 06, 2023

I am a Deborah Challinor fan and have read her previous books where we are introduced to a lot of the characters. I was looking forward to learning more about the Vietnam war through this book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and did learn more about the Vietnam war although a little light in detail.......more

Goodreads review by Dana on April 27, 2022

Set in 1969 during the Vietnam War, we meet two very different kiwi sisters Jo and Rowie. Jo is a university student who spends her free time marching and protesting the war, she strongly believes the New Zealand soldiers should not be sent to Vietnam, as it is not their battle. Rowie on the other h......more

Goodreads review by Magda on October 10, 2022

I was looking forward to the history and love historical fiction , but the writing style is simplistic and storyline lacks depth so I was a bit underwhelmed. It’s just Ok, but if you have other choices give this a miss......more

Goodreads review by Tammy’s on April 09, 2022

Wow, what a story of emotions, family and whanau and life in the late 1960’s! Deborah Challinor has given her readers a well-researched book set during the time of the war in Vietnam and I am so pleased I have been a part of the readalong as I truly enjoyed the families, and discovering more about t......more