This Side Of The Sky

Name: This Side Of The Sky
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Elyse Singleton
ISBN: 9781449832414

Author: Elyse Singleton

Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor, Sharon Washington, Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 11 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/08/2010

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Award-winning journalist Elyse Singleton delivers what Essence calls "a gem-the perfect book to curl up with." Best friends Lilian and Myraleen, two African American women from rural Mississippi, travel to Europe during World War II to act as members of the Women's Army Corps. During this time of segregation and destruction, both women discover love and heartbreak, triumph and defeat. "[A] poignant story of a seldom-visited side of the war, one that is well-worth knowing."-Publishers Weekly

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alisa

Really enjoyed this. Another misleading cover. I thought it was going to be all pastoral. The beginning did take place in nowhere Mississippi, but lots of Philadelphia, London, & Paris, too. The turns of phrase from Myraleen and the girls' mothers made me remember my grandmother's generation - and w......more

Goodreads review by Shawna

I loved this book. There were so many aspects that at one point I couldn’t keep the characters straight. It has everything you want in a story, suspense, love, humor,etc. I wish it would have been longer so we could get more of a sense of where Kellner, Myraleen, and August were doing after the war. W......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Loved, loved, loved this book!......more