Good night, Irene / Luis Alberto Urrea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urrea, Luis Alberto, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945.

Red Cross and Red Crescent--Fiction.

Red Cross and Red Crescent.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Women.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

War fiction.

Novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

407 pages : illustration ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown & Company, 2023.

Summary:

1943. Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York and heads to Europe with the Red Cross. She makes friends with Dorothy Dunford, and they become part of the Donut Dollies: providing camaraderie and a taste of home at the front lines before the troops head into battle. Seeing service from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, Irene develops friendships which help her learn to trust again. -- adapted from jacket.

Abandoning her abusive fiancé in New York in 1943 to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe, Irene Woodward befriends Dorothy Dunford as they join the Allied soldiers streaming into France after D-Day where they are embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, and where Irene learns to trust again through their friendship.

In 1943. Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York and heads to Europe with the Red Cross. She makes friends with Dorothy Dunford, and they become part of the Donut Dollies: providing camaraderie and a taste of home at the front lines before the troops head into battle. Seeing service from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, Irene develops friendships which help her learn to trust again. -- adapted from jacket.

ISBN:

9780316265850

0316265853

OCLC:

1379272421