Goodbye Dear, I'll Be Back in a Year (Five Star Expressions) [Hardcover]

Patricia Abbott (Author)

Book Description

Series: Five Star Expressions | Publication Date: July 2002

The first time Ginny sees Jack, she knows he is the man she wants. Jack believe he'll be back from serving his country in a year. Hitler, Hirohito, Churchill, and Roosevelt all conspire against him and it is four long years later before Jack sees Ginny again.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

In 1940, President Roosevelt institutes a peacetime draft, promising the men it will only be for one year, but once the year is up, the U.S. will have entered World War II. Abbott's tale follows the lives of Ginny Fairfax and Jack Andrews. After only a month of dating, Jack is drafted. Ginny had already envisioned the stereotypical house with the picket fence, so when he leaves, she's distraught. Although he hasn't mentioned marriage, when he begs her to come see him on base and she refuses, he proposes, and no one is more surprised than he. Throughout that year and the next three, Ginny is bored and restless, but Jack keeps Ginny in the forefront of his thoughts to help him cope. When he comes back to the States, he realizes that knowing someone for a month years ago does not constitute a relationship. Although the novel relies too much on dialogue and not enough on exposition, there's a wealth of enjoyable period detail. Maria Hatton
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Five Star (ME) (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786240776
• ISBN-13: 978-0786240777
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,698,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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