AFTER THE WAR by Libby Sternberg
A decade after the war, its devastation still haunts them...
In the summer of 1955, a young nun awakens in Johns Hopkins Hospital after suffering an overdose, unable to remember the events that brought her there. As she recovers, she becomes the center of quiet struggles among those who surround her: her brother, a former GI still stung by betrayal during his years of service; her sister-in-law, a beautiful woman seeking love at any price; her confessor, a Jesuit priest who lost everything during the bombing of London; her nurse, a war widow whose sunny optimism leads to repeated disappointment; and her doctor, a psychiatrist beset by survival guilt and doubts about his profession's ability to heal. Suffering from unseen war wounds ten years after the fighting ended, they each find their way to a very personal peace.
Fans of Pam Jenoff's World War II books or Alyson Richman's THE LOST WIFE should enjoy AFTER THE WAR for its rich detail and emotional impact.
"...a touching novel of faith and family...an evocative story of love lost, and found, told with beautiful language and emotional clarity. A novel to savor." Christy English, author of The Queen's Pawn
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Libby Sternberg is the author of several historical novels; she was nominated for an Edgar for her first book, a teen mystery. Her retelling of the Jane-Eyre story, SLOANE HALL, set in old Hollywood, has been praised as "An original story with complex character development...(Sternberg) knows how to tell a story and she does it well....a refreshing tale." Carolyne Van Der Meer, Bronte Studies journal
Genre: Literary Fiction
A decade after the war, its devastation still haunts them...
In the summer of 1955, a young nun awakens in Johns Hopkins Hospital after suffering an overdose, unable to remember the events that brought her there. As she recovers, she becomes the center of quiet struggles among those who surround her: her brother, a former GI still stung by betrayal during his years of service; her sister-in-law, a beautiful woman seeking love at any price; her confessor, a Jesuit priest who lost everything during the bombing of London; her nurse, a war widow whose sunny optimism leads to repeated disappointment; and her doctor, a psychiatrist beset by survival guilt and doubts about his profession's ability to heal. Suffering from unseen war wounds ten years after the fighting ended, they each find their way to a very personal peace.
Fans of Pam Jenoff's World War II books or Alyson Richman's THE LOST WIFE should enjoy AFTER THE WAR for its rich detail and emotional impact.
"...a touching novel of faith and family...an evocative story of love lost, and found, told with beautiful language and emotional clarity. A novel to savor." Christy English, author of The Queen's Pawn
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Libby Sternberg is the author of several historical novels; she was nominated for an Edgar for her first book, a teen mystery. Her retelling of the Jane-Eyre story, SLOANE HALL, set in old Hollywood, has been praised as "An original story with complex character development...(Sternberg) knows how to tell a story and she does it well....a refreshing tale." Carolyne Van Der Meer, Bronte Studies journal
Genre: Literary Fiction
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