03417cam a2200469 4500 1079584145 TxAuBib 20231221120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668617007 1668617005 1bf7d1ee-cda6-45da-821c-822654aac225 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9311220 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Urrea, Luis Alberto. Good Night, Irene [Libby] : A Novel. Hachette Audio, 2023. London. World War Two. Western Front. women. Historical Fiction. WWII. espionage. Battle of the Bulge. Red Cross. Buchenwald. front lines. world war two novel. clubmobile. donut dollie. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 369MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 369MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p><b>What if a friendship forged on the front lines of war defines a life forever? In the tradition of</b><b><i>The Nightingale</i></b><b>and</b><b><i>Transcription</i>, a searing epic based on the magnificent and true story of heroic Red Cross women.</b></p> <p>"Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself." —<i>Financial Times</i></p>In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military vehicles called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle.<br /> <br /> After D-Day, these two intrepid friends join the Allied soldiers streaming into France. Their time in Europe will see them embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald. Through her friendship with Dorothy, and a love affair with a courageous American fighter pilot named Hans, Irene learns to trust again. Her most fervent hope, which becomes more precarious by the day, is for all three of them to survive the war intact.<br /> <br /> Taking as inspiration his mother's own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women's heroism in World War II. With its affecting and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances, <i>Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that</i> Urrea's "gifts as a storyteller are prodigious" (NPR). Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-12-21 20:00:02. Kreinik, Barrie. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1bf7d1ee-cda6-45da-821c-822654aac225&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1bf7d1ee-cda6-45da-821c-822654aac225&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)