Delivering Apple Pie

By Bill Reichert

"A kaleidoscopic tale set around World War II with an international cast of characters. Intrigue and color abound... this is well-researched fiction and the scenes feel authentic. A finely detailed war novel with an outsize cast." - Kirkus Reviews

Delivering Apple Pie interweaves the lives of several fictional characters between 1940 and 1963, from the war in the Pacific into postwar suburbia and the baby boom.

Claire forges a strong personal identity during WW2 in the Army Nurse Corps. Her sister Amy pursues elusive dreams in Hollywood. Emma is a Czech concentration camp survivor. Ginny is a spoiled American debutante. Larry and Frank are working class laborers struggling with postwar ambitions. Sakura is a nursing student in doomed Nagasaki.

These characters and many others converge in Levittown-America's first major suburban housing development-where they experience abrupt societal shifts into conformity. Women in particular are pulled from responsible wartime careers and shoehorned into more limited housebound roles.

Was a woman's life to be lived in selfless service to others, or was it something she could shape into her own pursuit of happiness? For many, the all-American suburb wasn't exactly a perfect fit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DPLLD8Q7
• ISBN13: 9798301403194
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"