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Louise's War by Sarah R. Shaber7/3/2023 ![]() I not normally a person who read or listen to this type books but for some reason the title caught my eye and I had to hear it so I got the whole series. I also enjoyed reading about how a lowly file clerk tracks down a murderer. I really enjoyed these little details of life in the time of the Greatest Generation. People of color "knew their place" and gays kept their sexual orientation to themselves. They were also expected to look pretty, fetch coffee and make finding a good husband and raising a family their life's goal. Women like Louise all knew they'd be expected to give up their jobs when the men came back for the war. Sarah Shaber paints a vivid portrait of life during war time-ration books, leg makeup to replace the nylon stockings which were in short supply, listening to the radio for entertainment, not to mention the societal norms of the 1940s. ![]() Knowing that file is the only hope for the survival of Rachel and her family, Louise sets out to find it. ![]() Also, the file on Rachel's husband is missing. She's desperate to help a school friend Rachel Blach whose trapped in occupied France, facing the threat of deportation to a Nazi concentration camp. ![]() ![]() Louise is a widow from Wilmington NC (where I happen to live), working as a file clerk for the OSS in World War II era Washington, D.C. ![]()
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