Salem Sisters: The Great Depression

Literature & Fiction

Dare, Carol Albrecht

Genre Fiction

Juniper Books

<p>WHEN THE WORLD WEPT by Carol Albrecht Dare With the Great Depression and World War II as background, "When the World Wept" deals with bravery in the face of humiliation and, later, in the face of extreme personal danger during the war. Alice and Brad face a world ravaged by violence. Most of Europe is under the occupation of Hitler’s Germany. Asia is invaded by Japan. Africa and Australia are under attack. When Alice Bauer joins the army as a nurse during World War II, she little dreams she will become a prisoner of war in Germany and risk her life to save a young Jewish soldier from the Nazis. The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor coincides with her graduation from nursing school. Sent to England, she nurses casualties of the Normandy invasion. She and her hometown friend, Brad Mayfield, a pilot on bombing missions over German territory, steal precious time together in London. Alice survives a hospital flight crash in enemy territory only to be marched off to a POW camp deep inside the Third Reich.</p>

When the World Wept

Contemporary

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Daughters of Disaster by Carol Albrecht Dare. Set in a fictional Nebraska town and in France during the Great War, Daughters of Disaster follows Red Cross nurses as they travel to assist victims of catastrophes: In San Francisco during the earthquake and fire of 1906; In Ohio during the Dayton flood of 1913; In Omaha during the tornado of 1913. The darkest hours for Diane come with the Great War. In France the nurses deal with shocking casualties. Only the few parties at a friend’s house in Paris provide relief from the long ghastly days. There the nurses find old friends from Plainville, Nebraska. Scott Morris tells the others about his unusual colored regiment, noted for its regimental band. The band performs frequently for the enthusiastic French. At Scott’s urging, the nurses manage to attend a performance. Diane admires Scott’s dedication and agrees to meet him for another performance shortly before a German attempt to capture Paris. Later, when Scott’s regiment goes into battle, she worries about his safety and the safety of her brother, who trains for the air war.

Daughters of Disaster

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