Title: Remembrance
Author: Theresa Breslin
Published: first published (UK) in 2002, by Doubleday
Format: paperback
Pages: 304
RRP: £10.99
rating: * * * * / 5
I really love books based on the sometimes horrific true events of theWorld Wars. Remembrance focuses on 5 main characters who all havedifferent views and roles in World War l. The wealthy, well-to-doArmstrong-Barnes family and the working class, friendly Dundas familyboth live in the peaceful, Scottish village of Stratharden. When the War starts, John Malcolm Dundas enlists while his younger brother Alexis jealous and his sister, Maggie, worries and envies Charlotte Armstrong-Barnes' loving relationship with her brother. Although most men are away at war, life in Stratharden seems almost idyllic, untilthe Dundas family get a dreaded telegram home and everything changes.
Maggie starts works in nursing and a munitions factory and writes to Francis Armstrong-Barnes who has given in and gone to fight, despite his cynical views on war. Meanwhile, young Alex will do anything to be able to go and fight. Some parts are shocking, some are sad, and sometimes you just go 'oh' when you realize how much sadness must have been imposed onto the poor families whose boys were killed. Theresa Breslin perfectly describes what life was like in that time. If it's your kind of thing, definitely check this one out.
3 comment(s):
I don't usually like war time stories but this sounds really good.
It is really good, and there's only a few chapters of actual war, and most of it is more emotional than anything else, so I really recommend it if you think you'd like it!
I love books that take place during that time period, and this one sounds interesting. Thanks for the review.
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