01604cam a2200265 4500 146388593 TxAuBib 20131026120000.0 130606s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013409529 9781612183329 pbk. 1612183328 pbk. TxAuBib Bryan, Helen, 1945- War brides / Helen Bryan. AmazonEncore, 2012. xii, 482 p. ; 21 cm. Alice Osbourne, the stolid daughter of the late vicar, is reeling from the news that Richard Fairfax broke their engagement to marry Evangeline Fontaine, an American girl from the Deep South. Evangeline's arrival causes a stir in the village but not the chaos that would ensue if they knew her motives for being there. Scrappy Elsie Pigeon is among the poor of London who see the evacuations as a chance to escape a life of destitution. Another new arrival is Tanni Zayman, a young Jewish girl who fled the horrors of Europe and now waits with her newborn son, certain that the rest of her family is safe and bound to show up any day. And then there's Frances Falconleigh, a madcap, fearless debutante whose father is determined to keep her in the countryside and out of the papers. --amazon.com. 20131026. MG. World War, 1939-1945 Women Great Britain Fiction. Great Britain History George VI, 1936-1952 Fiction. Domestic fiction. War stories.