- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Tempus Publishing Ltd (Jun 1 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0752443097
- ISBN-13: 978-0752443096
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 640 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #622,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"We sailed for Canada in April 1945 on a Greek ship, the Nea Hellis. The crossing took three weeks all the while avoiding the torpedoes. There were over 1,000 war brides and children aboard as well as wounded soldiers going home." - Iris Rickets. 'Overpaid, over-sexed and over here' was the verdict of many British civilians of American and Canadian soldiers conscripted to Britain in the Second World War. Yet for thousands of young girls, the influx of handsome young military men meant flirting, 'walking out' - and falling in love. The result was over 48,000 hasty marriages to Canadian soldiers alone, and a mass emigration of British young women to northern America and across the globe in the 1940s. Historian Melynda Jarratt has painstakingly captured the incredible stories of young women - some say brave, some say foolish - who left their families and homes to move to a country thousands of miles away with a man they barely knew. Yet the ensuing decades brought happiness to many, and surviving women share their tales of love, family and starting again. For some brides, the outcome was a very different story, and the darker side of the crossings reveals astonishing accounts of infidelity, domestic violence, venereal disease and even bigamy. This incredible new history draws on archives, rare documents, medical records and key first-hand accounts to tell the amazing story of the war brides in their own words - and shows the love, passion, tragedy and spirit of adventure that thousands of British women experienced in a turbulent time.
About the Author
Melynda Jarratt has been researching the Canadian War Brides since 1987, when she began working on her thesis on War Brides for a Master of Arts in History at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Melynda speaks frequently in the print, radio and television media and has written extensively on War Brides for the Internet. She lives in New Brunswick, Canada.
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I recently read Melynda Jarratt's War Brides and was greatly impressed. Jarratt has put together a collection of stories that not only paints a picture of the lives and loves of the Canadian war brides, but that also takes the reader on a journey across post-war Canada from the rugged shores and timberlands of New Brunswick, to the metropolis of Toronto and on to the gentile English-like city of Victoria. These women braved a new land and sometimes frontier conditions to be with the men they loved. They farmed, fished, ran businesses and raised their families thousands of miles from their homeland of England. Jarratt is a master historian and storyteller herself and has brought together in one collection the stories of this extraordinary group of women. I recommend this book to anyone who knows of the Canadian war brides or who wants to get to know them and learn more about the challenges, successes and even failures they encountered in Canada.
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