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Just once : a novel / by Karen Kingsbury.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atria Books, 2023Edition: First Atria Books hardcover editionDescription: 327 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982104443
  • 1982104449
  • 9781982104450
  • 1982104457
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "In 1941, beautiful Irvel Ellis is too focused on her secret to take much notice in the war raging overseas. She's dating Sam but in love with his brother, Hank, and Irvel has no idea how to break the news when the unthinkable happens-Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted, and Hank wants to enlist. But Sam insists Hank stay home, where he and Irvel take up the battle on the home front. While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. Then a telegram comes, and the news is devastating. Hank enlists the next day and has just two weeks until he ships out. Will either brother make it home alive? Or will Irvel lose everything? And can love find a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak?"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: 1941, Bloomington, Indiana. Irvel Ellis is too focused on her secret to take much notice in the war raging overseas. She's dating Sam but in love with his brother, Hank. When Pearl Harbor is attacked, their lives are turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted; Hank wants to enlist, but Sam insists he stay home and take up the battle on the home front. While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. When a devastating telegram comes, Hank enlists the next day and has just two weeks until he ships out. Years later, Hank and Irvel make a series of VHS tapes for her to play as she sinks into Alzheimer's, determined to keep some of her memories alive. - adapted from publisher info and perusal of book
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction New KINGSBUR KAREN Checked out 06/14/2024 33111011102304
Lucky Day Lucky Day Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction Lucky Day Collection KINGSBUR KAREN Checked out 06/20/2024 33111011102296
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction New KINGSBUR KAREN Available 33111011215841
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Lucky Day Lucky Day Main Library Fiction Lucky Day Collection KINGSBUR KAREN Checked out 06/22/2024 33111011215833
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library Fiction KINGSBUR KAREN Checked out 07/01/2024 33111011144702
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The #1 New York Times bestselling author "known for her deeply heartfelt novels" ( Woman's World ) and the Baxter Family novels writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers.

In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much notice of the war raging overseas. She's dating Sam but in love with his younger brother, Hank--her longtime best friend--and Irvel has no idea how to break the news. Then the unthinkable happens--Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted and convinces Hank to remain in Indiana, where he and Irvel take up the battle on the home front.

While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. Then, two military leaders pay Irvel a visit at the classroom where she teaches. The men have plans for her, a proposition to join a new spy network. One catch: She can tell no one.

With Irvel caught between two brothers thousands of miles apart, can love find a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak?

"In 1941, beautiful Irvel Ellis is too focused on her secret to take much notice in the war raging overseas. She's dating Sam but in love with his brother, Hank, and Irvel has no idea how to break the news when the unthinkable happens-Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted, and Hank wants to enlist. But Sam insists Hank stay home, where he and Irvel take up the battle on the home front. While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. Then a telegram comes, and the news is devastating. Hank enlists the next day and has just two weeks until he ships out. Will either brother make it home alive? Or will Irvel lose everything? And can love find a way, even from the ashes of the greatest heartbreak?"-- Provided by publisher.

1941, Bloomington, Indiana. Irvel Ellis is too focused on her secret to take much notice in the war raging overseas. She's dating Sam but in love with his brother, Hank. When Pearl Harbor is attacked, their lives are turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted; Hank wants to enlist, but Sam insists he stay home and take up the battle on the home front. While Sam fights in Europe, an undeniable chemistry builds between Irvel and Hank but neither would dare cross that line. When a devastating telegram comes, Hank enlists the next day and has just two weeks until he ships out. Years later, Hank and Irvel make a series of VHS tapes for her to play as she sinks into Alzheimer's, determined to keep some of her memories alive. - adapted from publisher info and perusal of book

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