Ripples of War - Clarke, Una
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When the heavy stone of a world war drops into the tranquillity of peace, its ripples reach far and wide, disturbing the lives of all they touch. This is the story of two young people whose entire teen years coincide with a war that changes their lives profoundly. In 1939, when World War Two begins, they live in opposite sides of the world, then as the Japanese enter the war and the conflict drags on, they both reach maturity and enter the services. When the widening ripples finally allow them to meet in the fifth year of the war, then tear them apart, they are deeply in love and face almost…mehr

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When the heavy stone of a world war drops into the tranquillity of peace, its ripples reach far and wide, disturbing the lives of all they touch. This is the story of two young people whose entire teen years coincide with a war that changes their lives profoundly. In 1939, when World War Two begins, they live in opposite sides of the world, then as the Japanese enter the war and the conflict drags on, they both reach maturity and enter the services. When the widening ripples finally allow them to meet in the fifth year of the war, then tear them apart, they are deeply in love and face almost insurmountable hurdles to live a life together. All the war facts in Ripples of War are authentic, including the rescue at sea.
Autorenporträt
Una Clarke was born in a small country town in NSW Australia. The family moved to Orange, a large country town when she was thirteen. She topped all her classes in secondary school, English being her best subject. Letters being the main means of communication in those days, she wrote a great many during World War II. She joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force the day she turned eighteen. Marriage and childbirth intervened. It was not until their third child started school that she began writing short stories, entering competitions and wrote her first novel, Land of the Rippling Gold. Largely autobiographical, it brings to life in vivid personal detail both the tribulations and humour of family life in a world still suffering from the effects of the Great Depression. After nearly forty years, it is still being read in school libraries. Ripples of War carries on where it finishes, and covers the entire period of World War II.