Ingrid Garner grew up hearing her grandmother Eleanor's stories, and as a teen she read Eleanor's award-winning autobiography of her years spent as a 9 to 16 year-old American girl living in Germany during the entirety of World War II. Extended conversations with her grandmother led to a deeper understanding of Eleanor's emotions at the time, including the culture-shock, post-traumatic stress of returning to the U. S. after the war. Ingrid Garner has created a vivid riveting journey, giving us a unique perspective of Americans during the Second World War.
Ingrid Garner grew up hearing her grandmother Eleanor's stories, and as a teen she read Eleanor's award-winning autobiography of her years spent as a 9 to 16 year-old American girl living in Germany during the entirety of World War II. Extended conversations with her grandmother led to a deeper understanding of Eleanor's emotions at the time, including the culture-shock, post-traumatic stress of returning to the U. S. after the war. Ingrid Garner has created a vivid riveting journey, giving us a unique perspective of Americans during the Second World War.
Ingrid Garner grew up hearing her grandmother Eleanor's stories, and as a teen she read Eleanor's award-winning autobiography of her years spent as a 9 to 16 year-old American girl living in Germany during the entirety of World War II. Extended conversations with her grandmother led to a deeper understanding of Eleanor's emotions at the time, including the culture-shock, post-traumatic stress of returning to the U. S. after the war. Ingrid Garner has created a vivid riveting journey, giving us a unique perspective of Americans during the Second World War.