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GI Brides: June
She left everything behind to follow her heart …
The enthralling true story of a British war bride after World War II.
June Baker saw the American soldier walking toward her. In the gray of wartime England, he looked out of place—as if a blond movie star had just dropped out of the sky. They had a whirlwind courtship, and June fell in love with and married Borgy, the handsome GI from St. Charles, Missouri. She eagerly anticipated her new life in America. But when the war ended, June was horrified to learn they'd be moving to Germany—land of the enemy—instead. And just like that, June's unexpected journey began …
June's story is a bonus installment of the international bestseller GI Brides.
The enthralling true story of a British war bride after World War II.
June Baker saw the American soldier walking toward her. In the gray of wartime England, he looked out of place—as if a blond movie star had just dropped out of the sky. They had a whirlwind courtship, and June fell in love with and married Borgy, the handsome GI from St. Charles, Missouri. She eagerly anticipated her new life in America. But when the war ended, June was horrified to learn they'd be moving to Germany—land of the enemy—instead. And just like that, June's unexpected journey began …
June's story is a bonus installment of the international bestseller GI Brides.
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117 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 29, 2013
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About the author
Duncan Barrett
31 books62 followersDuncan grew up in London and read English at Jesus College, Cambridge. He is the editor of Ronald Skirth's First World War memoir The Reluctant Tommy (Macmillan, 2010) and co-author of Star Trek: The Human Frontier (Polity, 2000) and Zippy and Me: The Remarkable Life in Puppets of Rainbow's Ronnie Le Drew (forthcoming, 2011). He also works as an actor and occasional theatre director.
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June 28, 2018
GI Brides by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi is a 2014 William Morrow publication. I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
This novella is part of the GI series and is a bonus book with about 91 pages.
June is from Birmingham, a shy girl who meets a GI and a begins fantasizing about life in America. Just when she had given up hope of marrying a GI, her dreams seem to come true. Before she knows it she is married, but things don't work out like she had dreamed they would.
This poignant story follows Jane as she falls in love mostly through letter writing, gets married, but instead of America, she ends up living in Germany. Determined to make the best of things she forges bravely on. I often wondered at Jane's compliance and how no matter what her husband did, she took it stride although she did lose her patience a time or two. The story takes a strange twist though and Jane will find herself back in America after all, but now she finds herself wishing for home.
This is a story that felt so realistic and I could see how this could have happened in real life. A girl with big dreams finds the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence, but it seems like just as Jane is about to give up on all her dreams something happens that changes the course of her life and thankfully, all of Jane's dreams do come true in the end, just not quite the way she would have imagined. I enjoyed this short historical women's fiction novel and so I will give it 4 stars.
This novella is part of the GI series and is a bonus book with about 91 pages.
June is from Birmingham, a shy girl who meets a GI and a begins fantasizing about life in America. Just when she had given up hope of marrying a GI, her dreams seem to come true. Before she knows it she is married, but things don't work out like she had dreamed they would.
This poignant story follows Jane as she falls in love mostly through letter writing, gets married, but instead of America, she ends up living in Germany. Determined to make the best of things she forges bravely on. I often wondered at Jane's compliance and how no matter what her husband did, she took it stride although she did lose her patience a time or two. The story takes a strange twist though and Jane will find herself back in America after all, but now she finds herself wishing for home.
This is a story that felt so realistic and I could see how this could have happened in real life. A girl with big dreams finds the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence, but it seems like just as Jane is about to give up on all her dreams something happens that changes the course of her life and thankfully, all of Jane's dreams do come true in the end, just not quite the way she would have imagined. I enjoyed this short historical women's fiction novel and so I will give it 4 stars.
July 8, 2018
This novella, in my opinion, was a step up from the novel! It rang truer - possibly because it was only one short story.
December 2, 2021
Really loved this Story! My Mum was a War Bride so I love anything connected to that time. Now I feel like I can understand some of the things she must have gone through. We had her till she was 93 but we still miss her loving and affectionate ways! Thank you for your wonderful Story! ank you for this lovely story!
I hope you write some more Books I'd love to read more of your Stories! i most certainly
will recommend this Book to my family and friends
I hope you write some more Books I'd love to read more of your Stories! i most certainly
will recommend this Book to my family and friends
March 26, 2017
Good quick read
In some ways I liked this story better than the full length book, because it was happier. I didn't like the ending though. It made the original romance seem not sincere.
In some ways I liked this story better than the full length book, because it was happier. I didn't like the ending though. It made the original romance seem not sincere.
July 10, 2018
I am not sure why June's story was not in the original GI Brides book but when I saw there was an additional story I wanted to read it. I enjoyed reading the story from start to finish without hopping around to other stories.
January 7, 2023
read today 07/01/2023 as it was shorter than a book as it was a ebook.Good story and really surprising.
July 22, 2023
Interesting story
October 30, 2014
A short story installment to GI BRIDES: THE WARTIME GIRLS WHO CROSSED THE OCEAN FOR LOVE. After reading so many World War I era stories, this was a refreshing change. While I wasn't totally taken by the writing, the true story of one GI bride was good enough to make me want to read the full book.
Opening lines:
"Last orders, please!" Mr. Baker called, ringing the bell at the bar.
Opening lines:
"Last orders, please!" Mr. Baker called, ringing the bell at the bar.
January 23, 2015
Easy read! Interesting that it was a true story.
August 21, 2014
Loved this story.. Made me cry. It was a good follow up to the other GI Brides.
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