Radio: One Woman's Family in War and Pieces

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Relationships, Marriage, History
Cover of the book Radio: One Woman's Family in War and Pieces by Peter H. Green, Alice H. Green, Greenskills Press d/b/a/ Greenskills Associates LLC
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Author: Peter H. Green, Alice H. Green ISBN: 9781941402122
Publisher: Greenskills Press d/b/a/ Greenskills Associates LLC Publication: December 31, 2017
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Peter H. Green, Alice H. Green
ISBN: 9781941402122
Publisher: Greenskills Press d/b/a/ Greenskills Associates LLC
Publication: December 31, 2017
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This eyewitness account of World War II social history, women's progress and the Golden Years of Radio are woven into one woman's humorous and poignant autobiography of her family struggles and her attempts to fulfill her creative dreams.This book is richly illustrated with 50 historical photographs and sketches.

“When Ben went off to war...It was obvious I had to go to work. But with all these new duties and two small children under my wing, what could I do? There was a labor shortage. Sure. But was it so bad that some desperate employer would pay handsomely for two hours of a frazzled female’s time after a hard day? At say, fifty dollars a week?”.

PRAISE FOR ALICE AND PETER GREEN’S WORLD WAR II BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR
"This is a wonderful gift book. Alice Green’s writing is fresh and at times laugh-aloud funny, parts of it reminiscent of Cheaper by the Dozen. Thornton Wilder instructed Alice in creative writing. I recommend this book to all readers who enjoy a good laugh. The section “We Bought a Crooked House” was hilarious." --Paula B., online reviewer.

World War II was a tipping point for social change in America. With their men at war, nineteen million women joined the work force. Radio, the first instantaneous mass medium, provided daytime serial drama, entertainment and news, including pronouncements of world leaders and terrifying war reports, as President Roosevelt used the new medium to rally the nation to arms and win the war.

Alice Green’s lost and recently found eyewitness accounts of her childhood, her own war, the Golden Years of Radio and the postwar housing shortage are told from the light-hearted viewpoint of a shy, youngest child, who learns she can make even the stormy and outrageous characters in her own family laugh. With a little help from her son, who (just barely) lived to finish it, her story stands for unsung American women in war and survives as Alice’s triumph.

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This eyewitness account of World War II social history, women's progress and the Golden Years of Radio are woven into one woman's humorous and poignant autobiography of her family struggles and her attempts to fulfill her creative dreams.This book is richly illustrated with 50 historical photographs and sketches.

“When Ben went off to war...It was obvious I had to go to work. But with all these new duties and two small children under my wing, what could I do? There was a labor shortage. Sure. But was it so bad that some desperate employer would pay handsomely for two hours of a frazzled female’s time after a hard day? At say, fifty dollars a week?”.

PRAISE FOR ALICE AND PETER GREEN’S WORLD WAR II BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR
"This is a wonderful gift book. Alice Green’s writing is fresh and at times laugh-aloud funny, parts of it reminiscent of Cheaper by the Dozen. Thornton Wilder instructed Alice in creative writing. I recommend this book to all readers who enjoy a good laugh. The section “We Bought a Crooked House” was hilarious." --Paula B., online reviewer.

World War II was a tipping point for social change in America. With their men at war, nineteen million women joined the work force. Radio, the first instantaneous mass medium, provided daytime serial drama, entertainment and news, including pronouncements of world leaders and terrifying war reports, as President Roosevelt used the new medium to rally the nation to arms and win the war.

Alice Green’s lost and recently found eyewitness accounts of her childhood, her own war, the Golden Years of Radio and the postwar housing shortage are told from the light-hearted viewpoint of a shy, youngest child, who learns she can make even the stormy and outrageous characters in her own family laugh. With a little help from her son, who (just barely) lived to finish it, her story stands for unsung American women in war and survives as Alice’s triumph.

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