Jane Ann's War

By Emily Penfield

War is a distant rumble for the United States in the fall of 1941, but the people of America can sense a turning tide. Five-year-old Jane Ann Gregson learns of this shift firsthand when her father, a dental officer with the Army Reserves, is suddenly drafted. In a painful decision, Jane Ann's mother chooses not to follow where the war takes him. Soon, Jane Ann and her mother settle down in a trailer park outside Orlando, where Jane Ann gets to spend her long summer days swimming in a nearby lake and getting to know the unique characters of their town. They become acquainted with their new, idiosyncratic neighbor, a man named James St. James, whose own story sparks a dangerous sense of curiosity in Jane Ann. And when something unforgivable happens to Jane Ann one fateful afternoon, the tides of their small town seem to turn as well. With lush and dreamy landscapes of small-town USA during World War II, Jane Ann's War brings the 1940s back to life. The story of her father's time in Europe is interwoven with Jane Ann's own experiences, and readers are immersed in a time that transformed a country and one girl-forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153978553X
• ISBN13: 9781539785538
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"