War, Spies, and Bobby Sox

Stories about World War II at Home

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Pub Date Mar 01 2017 | Archive Date Mar 01 2017

Description

As World War II rages across Europe and the Pacific, its impact ripples through communities in the heartland of America. A farm girl is locked in a dangerous love triangle with two Germans soldiers held in an Illinois POW camp ... Another German, a war refugee, is forced to risk her life spying on the developing Manhattan Project in Chicago ... And espionage surrounds the disappearance of an actress from the thriving Jewish community of Chicago’s Lawndale. In this trio of tales, acclaimed thriller author Libby Fischer Hellmann beautifully depicts the tumultuous effect of war on the home front and illustrates how the action, terror, and tragedy of World War II was not confined to the front lines.

As World War II rages across Europe and the Pacific, its impact ripples through communities in the heartland of America. A farm girl is locked in a dangerous love triangle with two Germans soldiers...


A Note From the Publisher

NB Librarians: This work is eligible for the LIBRARY READS program in March, 2017. Thank you for considering it.

PCIP Indexing will appear on copyright page

Book will be available in trade paperback, ebook, and audio.

Two of the stories have been previously published:
-- The Incidental Spy (2015)
-- The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared (2005)

NB Librarians: This work is eligible for the LIBRARY READS program in March, 2017. Thank you for considering it.

PCIP Indexing will appear on copyright page

Book will be available in trade...


Advance Praise

For The Incidental Spy

“A haunting and memorable spy novel…superbly developed into a logically thrilling story." The Daily Nonpareil

“Undeniably seductive… everything happens for a reason…few can sustain this kind of tension right through to the denouement.” Joel Hames-clarke

For "The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared":

"Like a musical score that goes back at the conclusion to its first note, this story is perfectly played out.” Uvi Poznansky

For The Incidental Spy

“A haunting and memorable spy novel…superbly developed into a logically thrilling story." The Daily Nonpareil

“Undeniably seductive… everything happens for a reason…few can...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781938733970
PRICE $15.99 (USD)

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