Caroline Seebohm

The Innocents (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The whole world was about to change, and no one would be affected more deeply than Dorothea and Iris Crosby, sistersidentical twinsborn to the wealth and social standing of New York City's Park Avenue. It was 1914, and while life in Manhattan seemed to center on grand balls and exotic parties, in Europe everything was coming undone. World War I was about to explode, and when it did it would involve many thousands of young Americans already heading overseas. Aroused by the perils of the rest of the world, Dorothea and Iris decided to join the American Red Cross in France. Sent immediately to the battlefront, they became immersed in a daily struggle to help save lives, and when that wasn't possible, to at least make death less terrifying for the young French soldiers in their care. Beautiful and mysterious, the twin sisters were dubbed les anges, the angels, by the wounded men. They charmed the Americans as well, among them a fighter pilot with whom Iris fell in lovethe first threat to the singular bond that held the sisters together. As the losses mounted, however, the link between the sisters grew stronger. Finally, when the battles ended, they awoke to the reality that the world they had known was forever gone, and home seemed a distant and alien place. A powerful story of spiritual awakening, of innocence lost, and of the emotional toll of war, The Innocents is sure to appeal to readers of such outstanding historical novels as Regeneration by Pat Barker, Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, and Rebecca West's classic The Return of the Soldier.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Algonquin Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781565128736
• Artikelnr.: 37905233

Autorenporträt

Caroline Seebohm is a journalist who has written for the Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Travel & Leisure, and House & Garden, among other publications. She is the author of the biographies No Regrets: The Life of Marietta Tree and The Man Who Was Vogue: The Life and Times of Conde Nast. She lives in New Jersey.