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“No one survives a war’s front lines without ghosts clinging to them.”

Angels of the Pacific by Elise Hooper

August 29, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR 15 Bingo – Hold Steady: To survive the war, Tess and Flor have to make a stand and hold steady in their efforts to undermine the Japanese occupiers. After Japan invades and occupies the Philippines during WW2, American nurse Tess and Filipino university student Flor must do whatever they can to survive and help those around them. In my ongoing quest to find WW2 historical novels which don’t simply rehash the experience of the London Blitz or the French resistance, I have looked to the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: cbr15bingo, Elise Hooper, historical, Philippines, war, ww2

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: cbr15bingo, Elise Hooper, historical, Philippines, war, ww2 ·
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Fighting For the Right For Women To Compete

Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team by Elise Hooper

February 14, 2021 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: Anyone interested in how women have had to fight against sexism, misogyny, and racism to do simple things like run really fast. In a nutshell: Three women’s stories are told starting in the late 1920s through to the 1936 Berlin Olympic. Worth quoting: “Getting a taste of what it felt like to be good at something and then having it taken away still left her feeling crushed when she allowed herself to think about it.” “Rules could be broken. Judges could be wrong. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Sports Tagged With: Elise Hooper, Olympics

ASKReviews's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, History, Sports · Tags: Elise Hooper, Olympics ·
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