And Nothing Is Said: Wartime Letters, August 5, 1943 - April 21, 1945 [Paperback]

Michael N. Ingrisano (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 516 pages
• Publisher: Sunflower Univ Pr (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897452631
• ISBN-13: 978-0897452632
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,967,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A real love story of WWII reveals a airman's character, November 7, 2002

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Thomas Audley (Overland Park, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: And Nothing Is Said: Wartime Letters, August 5, 1943 - April 21, 1945 (Paperback)

When I first brought this book home I read 100 pages without stopping. Or rather, I read four months' worth of daily, or more frequent, letters from Mike to Betty. The book is so intriguing because it is a story of love developing while the young couple is separated more than 20 months by Mike's service with Troop Carrier units in Africa, Italy and England.
The letters tell of off duty life during the war, ordinary every day events a young man describes to his girl.
Read his proposal of marriage and anxiously await with him her response.
A reader will feel the author's concern as he tries to communicate his values to a woman he had known for just weeks before their separation. The character of this good man emerges through the blend of the values and daily foibles.
Mike's tale flips between philosophical wisdom suggestive of years of contemplation and youthful boasts of drinking parties.
Increasing one reads his hope for the future as his months of service stretch longer and longer. One reads cautiously as Mike encourages Betty to journey across the country to meet his family for the first time -- and of course without him.
I felt compelled to read each letter carefully, more than 300 of them, because each declares his love and expresses it anew, though all end, "May God Bless You, Love, Mike".