Words of My Roaring

By Ernest Finney and Ernest J. Finney

Book Overview

Set in a small town south of San Francisco during World War II, Words of My Roaring is a compelling picture of the confusions, the dislocations, and the brutality of war as they affect the home front. The novel recreates a neighborhood in San Bruno and connects it to San Francisco and the larger stage of the war. Tanforan racetrack, first an assembly camp for Japanese Americans awaiting internment, becomes a naval training base for Pacific-bound recruits. The elementary school becomes a USO, and air-raid drills and blackouts are routine as California prepares for an expected Japanese invasion. We see these events through the eyes of a novice teacher, an abandoned boy, two young girls whose mother works in the shipyards and whose father enlists in the Army, and a sailor scarred by his months in the war zone. Words of My Roaring is a richly textured, emotionally charged novel about the unlikely sources of human redemption.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520216385
• ISBN13: 9780520216389
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

It is all very familiar to me ---

As a classmate of the author I can verify most of the details documented in this novel. Locations are acccurate as are the events. I can even imagine who some of the characters are/were. Great job Ernie.