A Woman's War

By Barry G. White

World War Two, March 1942:Japan has bombed Pearl Harbour, Singapore has fallen, the Japanese are in New Guinea and in Australia's north, Darwin is under attack.From Cairns in north Queensland Bea Whitely and five-year-old son David make the thousand mile train journey south to the safety of Brisbane where Bea is reduced to housemaid to her formidable mother-in-law and her brother-in-law whom she fears and detests.She also fears for her marriage. She's not seen her RAAF husband for three years since his posting to England at the outbreak of war in Europe. His early flow of letters has dwindled to a trickle, and reading between the lines she knows he's found someone "Over There". American forces flood into Queensland and in her loneliness Bea meets a charismatic USAAF officer. Her torment begins.This work of historic fiction captures the home-fires wartime mood and the key events affecting so many families during World War 2. Drawing on the boyhood memories of the author and validated by research, it paints an accurate picture of the times and for younger generations will shed light on the origins of the modern-day bond between Australia and the USA.This is a gentle romance evocative of the times and the warfare sequences are relatively few, accurate, and important to the characters.(Published previously as The Story So Far)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973332132
• ISBN13: 9781973332138
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"