Brides of 1941 - Park, Bonnie Bedford
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In 1934, Dr. Lelia McLatchey Skinner and her husband T. Wayne move to a copper mining town in Sewell, Chile, to earn enough money to pay for their children's educations. The catch? They had to leave the kids behind in America. Lelia's guilt unfolds in letters to her offspring flooded with angst and worry. First-born Roberta attends Smith College at the onset of WWII. There her party-girl ways lead her to her future husband, Forrest (Buster) Bedford, a 1939 Princeton "Tiger" graduate. His studies at Columbia School of Law are interrupted when he enlists, and a curious courtship ensues. This…mehr

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In 1934, Dr. Lelia McLatchey Skinner and her husband T. Wayne move to a copper mining town in Sewell, Chile, to earn enough money to pay for their children's educations. The catch? They had to leave the kids behind in America. Lelia's guilt unfolds in letters to her offspring flooded with angst and worry. First-born Roberta attends Smith College at the onset of WWII. There her party-girl ways lead her to her future husband, Forrest (Buster) Bedford, a 1939 Princeton "Tiger" graduate. His studies at Columbia School of Law are interrupted when he enlists, and a curious courtship ensues. This time capsule of Americana would've remained a piece of hidden history, if not for letters unearthed three-quarters of a century later. Brides of 1941 is an intimate glimpse into a Greatest Generation coming-of-age story. Author Bonnie Bedford Park, Roberta and Buster's youngest Baby Boomer daughter, reveals it.
Autorenporträt
New Jersey born Bonnie Bedford Park landed in the right place at the right time when she staked herself permanently in the Beehive State circa 1970s. When her mother asked, "What are your plans for coming back home?" Bonnie didn't budge. Skiers and red rock arches were yet to dominate Utah license plates, but with a master's degree in "Leisure Studies" she was paid to promote a sleeping giant - the resort town of Park City, Utah. That's how she met her husband. Fast forward to 1996 when Bonnie unfolded a career in public service from an office in the family laundry room with two young sons underfoot. As a recreation district administrator, she called it quits seventeen years later. A turning point for this first-time indie author occurred when she organized a seminar: "Writing Meaningful Memoirs." From that launching point, the author digs deep into her own ancestral roots if only to answer this muse: Just when and how did America get so messy?