TY  - BOOK
AU  - Urrea,Luis Alberto
TI  - Good Night, Irene
SN  - 9780316265850
AV  - PS3571.R74 G66 2023
U1  - 813/.54 23/eng/20230421
PY  - 0000///May 302023///
CY  - Waterville, Maine
PB  - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - American Red Cross
KW  - local
KW  - War work
KW  - Women
KW  - Friendship
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Novels
KW  - lcgft
N1  - new book 2023 summer
N2  - "In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military vehicles called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle. After D-Day, these two intrepid friends join the Allied soldiers streaming into France. Their time in Europe will see them embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald. Through her friendship with Dorothy, and a love affair with a courageous American fighter pilot named Hans, Irene learns to trust again. Her most fervent hope, which becomes more precarious by the day, is for all three of them to survive the war intact."--
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