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erine's review against another edition
3.0
A really interesting sliver of history: the mass immigration of war brides to the United States after World War II. This particular story follows Odette from France to Detroit, and touches also on her grandkids and their cousins as they have a mini-reunion in Detroit.
anjana's review against another edition
4.0
I was intrigued by the premise. It is a story of a war bride and what the halves of her family looks like now, separated by a continent. The occasion is the birthday of Odette who is now a grandmother. She was once a Parisian who married a US GI. There is so much more that could have been added to the tale, but being constrained in the size ( I assume), it limits its story to the bare minimum. It is funny, simple and if you go in with reasonable expectations, it is time well spent. It is a subject that I have thought about on and off ( women who marry someone from a whole other country and leave with them at a time when communications with their homeland was not efficient) and this story adds some food for thought.
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bdietrich's review against another edition
4.0
Michigan: On the Trail of a War Bride has a dual timeline. Julian (a Frenchman), and the frame of the book, visits his wife's extended family in Michigan. There, they see just how different American culture and everyday life are compared to what they are used to back home in France. In Michigan, Julien meets Odette, his wife's aunt, who was born and raised in France and then married an American soldier during World War II and immigrated to Michigan as a war bride. Odette's tale of her courtship and early years in Michigan make up the bulk of this graphic novel.
I enjoyed Michigan: On the Trail of a War Bride more than I have most other graphic novels, probably because I am a massive fan of historical fiction. Beyond the stark contrasts between American and French culture, the frame tale was unnecessary. I would probably have enjoyed the book even more if we had gotten more "meat" of Odette's early years in America.
I enjoyed Michigan: On the Trail of a War Bride more than I have most other graphic novels, probably because I am a massive fan of historical fiction. Beyond the stark contrasts between American and French culture, the frame tale was unnecessary. I would probably have enjoyed the book even more if we had gotten more "meat" of Odette's early years in America.
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