The other really outstanding aspect of this book is the world-building, the science and combat sequences, which were all done exceptionally well, and brought the story to life around the characters. Kate is dedicated to her four adult children, but grows frustrated with their choice of partners that are seemingly not right for them.

Towards the end of the book, Paul says that he has learned his lesson after ending up in court charged with GBH, and will never use violence again.

But before he and the sergeant could pull off several guns and two remaining jeeps, the landing craft sank in the rough seas.

The sacrifices made by this “greatest generation” are really brought out in Kershaw’s narrative and Americans should be grateful that we had men such as these who stepped forward in this hour of greatest need in the 20th century. This book was not easy reading at times as Paul explains how there was a lot of emotional, psychological, physical and also sexual abuse in the home. Ellie's story highlights the importance of family, and how community and support can carry people through the toughest of times. I also find it amazing that he had the courage to share his story with us in this book and also in front of the public and the courts that eventually brought some justice to those that inflicted this ghastly ordeal. Just as important, Berkot not only creates individual characters, he also conveys the emotional state of each of his characters so that you understand how they are feeling at that time, whether happy, sad, angry or tired?Twenty-four-year-old Lieutenant Maurice "Footsie" Britt to his surprise heard the voice of President Franklin D.

The result is an absorbing, exciting and above all accurate account of astonishing battlefield warfare: narrative history of the sort at which Bryan Perrett excels. But Kershaw also looks at these men and how they coped with the fallout of serving multiple months of combat in harsh conditions, seeing their friends killed in combat, as well as suffering serious wounds themselves.When Ellie Goldstein was first diagnosed with Down Syndrome, her mother was soon told that her new-born would amount to nothing.

And in the case of an audiobook, if the narrator can’t deliver the ebb and flow of the story, while bringing the characters to life, even a great book can fall flat! There are multiple other characters in this book (and I am not going to give spoilers), but they are all just extraordinary.With the outbreak of war, Walter wasted no time enlisting in the British Army, initially as a Private in the newly formed 17th (Football) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Although Audie Murphy turned his heroism into successful career as a B-movie star in Hollywood, his undiagnosed post-traumatic stress led to broken marriages, heavy drinking, a clash with police, and an eventual death in a plane crash in 1971.