Lovely war / Julie Berry.
By: Berry, Julie [author.].
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TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 468 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780147512970.Subject(s): Aphrodite (Greek deity) -- Juvenile fiction | World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction | Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Juvenile fiction | Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | Racism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile fiction | Gods, Greek -- Juvenile fiction | Young adult fictionDDC classification: FIC BER Summary: In the perilous days of World Wars I and II, the gods hold the fates-- and the hearts-- of four mortals in their hands. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it's no match for the transcendent power of Love. -- adapted from jacket.
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KH8 Senior School Library Fiction | Fiction | FIC BER (Browse shelf) | Checked out | 03/01/2023 | 3KHSL000101806 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-466)
In the perilous days of World Wars I and II, the gods hold the fates-- and the hearts-- of four mortals in their hands. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it's no match for the transcendent power of Love. -- adapted from jacket.
Ages 13-18.
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