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A review by slferg
Next to Love by Ellen Feldman
3.0
I liked this, but it was darker than The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society.
The story follows 3 women - Grace, Millie & Babe. It begins just before World War II. They are all 3 brides with husbands in the army. Babe finds a job at the telegraph office, while the other two stay at home with their son & daughter. The chapters are split between the women, telling their stories & letters from their husbands. Claude is the only one who returns from the war. The tensions that exist between he & Babe over what he has seen & refuses too talk about, the actions of Grace & Millie in coping with their widowed status are interesting & probably typical of the time; all times. But this book focuses a lot on the difficulties & hardships -it could do with a little more lightness & joy and skips over some things that could do with more explanation. Still it's a book worth reading.
The story follows 3 women - Grace, Millie & Babe. It begins just before World War II. They are all 3 brides with husbands in the army. Babe finds a job at the telegraph office, while the other two stay at home with their son & daughter. The chapters are split between the women, telling their stories & letters from their husbands. Claude is the only one who returns from the war. The tensions that exist between he & Babe over what he has seen & refuses too talk about, the actions of Grace & Millie in coping with their widowed status are interesting & probably typical of the time; all times. But this book focuses a lot on the difficulties & hardships -it could do with a little more lightness & joy and skips over some things that could do with more explanation. Still it's a book worth reading.