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I appreciate the plot and the time period, I just couldn't get into this novel. It was very well written but it just was not my interest.
Sisters and War
Suzanne, or Suzy as her sisters Raine and Ronnie call her, has her future planned out. She wants to study at a music school and someday start an all woman orchestra. Than the war happens and Suzy decides she needs to help out somehow in the war effort. This is a tough sell because her mother has paid for private lessons so she could have a musical career. She is determined and joins a swing band who are members of the ENSA – the Entertainment National Service Association – to entertain the troops.
Suzy does a good job entertaining the troops, but she struggles with a family secret she learned before she left to join the ENSA. She hates keeping secrets from her sisters and she is at odds with her mother over it.
Suzy also has to come to terms with her growing attraction to the handsome Naval captain she met before she left. They have been writing back and forth as much as possible with the war going on.
The book is about the war and the musical group that entertained the troops, the girls and guys that made up that group and Suzy's interaction with them, her friendships, finding out she would be singing instead of playing her violin. Learning how to sing on a stage in front of a group of people with help from other's in the group with more experience. The fashions they wore, the places they went and the appreciation they received from the audience.
It is about family, communications and love between each other. It is about inseparable sisters and their support for each other.
I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it.
Thanks to Molly Green, Harper 360, and NetGalley for allowing me to read a copy of the book for an honest review.
Crashing dreams of Concertos, but War heats up and people are needed in every capacity! Suzanne Linfoot”s mother had dreams of seeing her daughter on a London stage playing her violin. Suzanne realized how much her mother sacrificed for her, but she knew in her heart she was needed to do whatever she could to boost the soldiers morale.
Suzanne meets her Naval soulmate and realizes that life is so short and the emotional upheaval she left at home is unresolved and what will this war leave behind?
Molly Green writes a book of realistic characters that are authentic with passions of conviction and purpose. The frame of mind of each character as there way of looking at things evolve and progress is stimulating so much that each page literally seems to turn itself.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a great read.
I received an advanced free copy from NetGalley and these are my willingly given thoughts and opinions.
"A Sister's Song" by Molly Green
2nd in The Victory Sisters series
Publication Date: 1.19.2021
Suzanne Linfoot is a talented violin player, who dreams of starting an all-woman orchestra. With World War II starting, Suzanne's dreams get put on hold. She joins a swing band, associated with the ENSA -- the Entertainment National Service Association. They will entertain the troops Great Britain.
I know entertainers traveled to boost the morale of troops during World War II, but I have never read a story that focused on that. This has the common themes of sisterhood, following your dreams, and thinking outside the box.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Second in the series a wonderful read.A book about war a book about love throw in music this is an emotional moving nove.The author has a wonderful style and way of creating characters.#netgalley #Asisterssong
"Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but. me." "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when." These are some of the songs that were sung to soldiers during WWII. In this book, Suzanne Linfoot joined a swing band to entertain the troops in bombed stricken cities. These singers and actors also put their lives at risk to do what they felt was necessary to spread a bit of cheer and entertainment. This book was a bit different from other WWII books I have read and refreshingly so. As this book is about sisters, I haven't read the first one and will have to go backwards and read book #1. That's okay, since I enjoyed this book so much, I'm sure I'll enjoy the first one just as much. My thanks to NetGalley and Avon for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.