07384cam a2200529 4500 240231261 TxAuBib 20140811120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780679604945 0679604944 B004J4WKN8 Amazon e2d080af-f237-41ad-8eb2-09aed7f45d9e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 108766 514525 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Mason, Bobbie Ann. The Girl in the Blue Beret [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2285kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:Inspired by the wartime experiences of her father-in-law, Bobbie Ann Mason has crafted the haunting and profoundly moving story of an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe, and his wrenching odyssey of discovery, decades later, as he uncovers the truth about those who helped him escape in 1944. At twenty-three, Marshall Stone was a confident, cocksure U.S. flyboy stationed in England, with several bombing raids in a B-17 under his belt. But when enemy fighters forced his plane to crash-land in a Belgian field during a mission to Germany, Marshall had to rely solely on the kindness of ordinary Belgian and French citizens to help him hide from and evade the Nazis. Decades later, restless and at the end of his career as an airline pilot, Marshall returns to the crash site and finds himself drawn back in time, unable to stop thinking about the people who risked their lives to save Allied pilots like him. Most of all, he is obsessed by the girl in the blue beret, a courageous young woman who protected and guided him in occupied Paris. Framed in spellbinding, luminous prose, Marshall's search for her gradually unfolds, becoming a voyage of discovery that reveals truths about himself and the people he knew during the war. Deeply beautiful and impossible to put down, The Girl in the Blue Beret is an unforgettable story--intimate, affecting, exquisite--of memories, second chances, and one intrepid girl who risked it all for a stranger. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more. RandomHouseReadersCircle.com. HTML:"To Curl Up with: A pilot shot down over France returns years later to search for the jeunne fille who rescued him. Mason's lovely tale, drawn from her [father-in-law's] wartime experience, will resonate for many." -- Good Housekeeping "The Girl in the Blue Beret is an impressive novel. Mason writes with confidence about integrity, memory, love, the war in Europe -- and a likeable man. ...Recommended for all historical fiction readers.". HTML:Historical Novels Review. HTML:Praise for The Girl in the Blue Beret""The new novel from best-selling author Bobbie Ann Mason will send you dashing to the shelves to devour everything else she's ever written -- it's that good. ... Mason weaves a spellbinding tale of war, love and survival. ... The Girl in the Blue Beret is not only a remarkable work of historical fiction, it's also storytelling at its best.". HTML:Associated Press. HTML:"Mason has long been considered one of the finest writers of regional fiction -- Kentucky is her home and inspiration -- but her affecting new novel takes place in France, and she's just as comfortable and insightful there...once again, Mason has plumbed the moral dimensions of national conflict in the lives of individual participants and produced a deeply moving, relevant novel.". HTML:Washington Post. HTML:"Mason has given us a portrait of a man from a generation whose members were uncertain about the protocols of letting oneself feel. And she has lovingly captured the tone of bluff assertion still shared by veterans of that war. Marshall's banality has the ring of truth; his awkwardness reveals much....The Girl in the Blue Beret is a work of remarkable empathy.". HTML:New York Times Book Review. HTML:"Ushering her readers back and forth across the decades, she perfectly weaves history with fiction. In many ways the book is a tribute to these unsung civilians whose heroism often was never acknowledged by those they helped. [A] near-perfect war story.". HTML:USA Today. "Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, by concentrating their attention on a few square miles of native turf, are able to open up new and surprisingly wide worlds for the delighted reader.". HTML:The New York Review of Books, about Shiloh and Other Stories. HTML:"A flight through the gripping, war-ravaged past and the discovery of love--Bobbie Ann Mason's moving novel is written with great clarity and insight.". HTML:Kim Edwards, author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Lake of Dreams. HTML:"[A] haunting novel... [with] rich setting, detail, and intimate character nuances....for fans of the award-winning author, World War II fiction, and novels with French settings. Highly recommended.". HTML:Library Journal. HTML:"[An] impressive, impassioned new novel. The unforgettable story, based on the author's father-in-law's wartime experiences, is a gripping tale of redemption.". HTML:Miami Herald. HTML:"Fascinating and intensely intimate....A touching novel about love, loss, war, and memory....profoundly revealing how the past haunts the present.". HTML:Publishers Weekly. HTML:"An elegant and eventually lovely story of war, need and apprehension.". HTML:Roy Blount Jr., author of Alphabet Juice and Long Time Leaving. HTML:"An emotionally powerful story of the ruinous effects of war.". HTML:Booklist. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. 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