War brides : the stories of the women who left everything behind to follow the men they loved / Melynda Jarratt.
War brides : the stories of the women who left everything behind to follow the men they loved / Melynda Jarratt.
By
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Jarratt, Melynda.
Publication Date
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2009, 2007
Publication Information
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Toronto : Dundurn Press,
Physical Description
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288 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Subject Term
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War brides -- Canada -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Canada.
Wives -- Canada.
Wives -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Women immigrants -- Canada -- Biography.
Geographic Term
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Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-278) and index.
Summary
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For many brides, the decision to leave their family and home to move to a country thousands of miles away with a man they hardly knew brought forth ensuing happiness. For others, the outcome was much different, and the darker side of the story reveals the infidelity, domestic violence, poverty, alcoholism and divorce that many lived through. War Brides draws on original archival documents, personal correspondence, and key first hand accounts to tell the amazing story of the War Brides in their own words-and shows the love, passion, tragedy and spirit of adventure of thousand of British women.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781554883868
General Note
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References to Newfoundland.
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