Captured Hearts: New Brunswick's War Brides: 12 (New Brunswick Military Heritage Series) - Softcover

Jarratt, Melynda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0864925190 ISBN 13: 9780864925190

Verlag: Goose Lane Editions, 2008

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Book by Jarratt Melynda

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Imagine you're a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war ends, you leave all you've ever known behind -- your family, friends, and way of life -- to begin a new life in Canada. This is the story of hundreds of women who made their way to New Brunswick at the end of the Second World War. Between 1942 and 1948, young women from all over Europe came to this part of Canada with their servicemen husbands. Some married Aboriginal New Brunswickers; others married French-speaking Acadians; still others married New Brunswickers of British descent. In this compelling volume, wives, widows, fiancees, and those who and returned to Europe after failed marriages tell compelling stories of prejudice, perseverance, kindness, hope, defeat and triumph.

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Imagine you're a young British or European woman caught up in the dramatic reality of war. You fall in love with and marry a soldier from a foreign country. When the war ends, you leave behind all you've ever known -- family, friends, and way of life -- for a new life in Canada. This is the story of nearly two thousand war brides who made their way to New Brunswick to join their servicemen husbands at the end of the Second World War. Arriving in a mainly rural province, these city girls faced culture shock, and social, religious and linguistic differences that would have tested the mettle of many relationships. More than sixty years later, their stories paint a compelling portrait of love, passion, perseverance, and hope in a world torn apart by war.

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• Verlag: Goose Lane Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0864925190
• ISBN 13: 9780864925190
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 148