Dream When You're Feeling Blue: A Novel
by Elizabeth Berg
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Author: Elizabeth BergEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-29
ISBN: 0345487540
Number of pages: 287
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: A Wonderful Afternoon Read
Summary: 5 Stars
Dream When You're Feeling Blue was a very quick and easy read, yet very well written by Elizabeth Berg. It's a perfect "long plane ride", "lazy afternoon", "day in the park" get-a-way.
I had many mixed feeling about Kitty and her behavior that ranged from down right thoughtless, immature, materialistic, and hurtful but yet, at times, would take a 180 degree bend in her character.
Admittedly, my perspective may be a bit skewed since my husband is in the service, and some of Kitty's actions/reactions due to her thoughtlessness and disregard for speaking up or thinking things through just left a bad taste in my mouth considering the circumstances. I couldn't even begin to imagine not taking things seriously, or putting on an act without even knowing your true self when these men at war and are counting on you to follow through with who and what you have impressed upon them. Or, as Kitty did, had expectations that she should have never had, yet didn't even know herself well enough to know if she really wanted them. In short, I found her exceedingly frustrating at times, but what's a good book without some conflicting feelings?
Having said that, this story is rich with a culture and time that has since passed with strong characters that you'll fall in love with (yes, Kitty too!), you will laugh with them, you will hope with them, and you will cry with them. This is a great WWII period novel that gives us a first hand glace into what it must have been like to live in the times, times most of us have not had to endure: from rations, to USO dances with men, many of whom would never come home, to the overwhelming sense of patriotism and unity in fighting along side "our boys", even us left behind on the home front that has been lost in many of our busy lives.
A truly wonderful read!
Summary of Dream When You're Feeling Blue: A Novel
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are going to fight overseas. On the domestic front, meat is rationed, children participate in metal drives, and Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller play songs that offer hope and lift spirits. And now the Heaney sisters sit at their kitchen table every evening to write letters?Louise to her fiancé, Kitty to the man she wishes fervently would propose, and Tish to an ever-changing group of men she meets at USO dances. In the letters the sisters send and receive are intimate glimpses of life both on the battlefront and at home. For Kitty, a confident, headstrong young woman, the departure of her boyfriend and the lessons she learns about love, resilience, and war will bring a surprise and a secret, and will lead her to a radical action for those she loves. The lifelong consequences of the choices the Heaney sisters make are at the heart of this superb novel about the power of love and the enduring strength of family.
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