Alice's War

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hemingway Award for 20th Century Wartime Fiction </strong><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Chanticleer</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>President's Award Gold Medal in Historical Fiction </strong><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>FAPA</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>McClain has created a masterpiece with his down-home appeal and real-life drama centered around World War II. The characters are ordinary people who will touch your heart and leave a lasting impression. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Midwest Book Review</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Weymouth England 1939</strong></p><p>Alice is a misfit. Unable to conform to the elevated society required of a district judge's wife she finds solace in her stolen moments outdoors. With Edgar's passing she is at last free to follow her own path observing and illustrating the fauna of Coastal Dorset. Until war changes everything.</p><p></p><p>When her two grandchildren evacuate to Weymouth Alice must reconcile her determination to guide and support them with the pain and regret from her time as a mother. She struggles to help grandson Martin coming of age under the harsh backdrop of World War II. Martin in turn struggles with his feelings for Sonja a Jewish refugee facing the monstrous hatred unleashed upon the world.</p><p></p><p><em>Alice's War</em> is the story of ordinary people confronting the extraordinary. As outside forces tear Alice's family and community apart she quietly gathers and restores their sustaining bonds. Set in the town of Weymouth with a front-seat view of the unfolding drama <em>Alice's War</em> immerses the reader in a time unlike any in modern history.</p>