Rumors of Peace - Hardcover

Leffland, Ella

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060125721 ISBN 13: 9780060125721

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1979

Synopsis

In a small California town during World War II, Suse Hansen grows from a devilish tomboy to a young woman of strong character as she attempts to reconcile her unfolding knowledge of human nature with the horrors of the daily news reports

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Review:

"One of those deceptively guileless novels, like "A Member of the Wedding and "To Kill a Mockingbird, that sees more than it lets on."-- Daphne Merkin, "New York Times Book Review""A book of acute insight and delicious humor...absorbing and poignant and full of difficult truth."-- Rosellen Brown, "New York Magazine"""Rumors of Peace" is a rare book, a delicious recalling. It is a book to shout about."-- "West Coast Review Of Books""A brilliant and original novel that will remain in your consciousness throughout a lifetime."-- "Los Angeles Herald Examiner"

From the Back Cover:

To ten-year-old Suse Hansen, the fighting in Europe seems far away from the blue skies and quiet streets of her Bay Area home in Mendoza, California--despite newspaper war photographs and the tense radio broadcasts. But Pearl Harbor changes everything. Caught up in the fear and uncertainty of air raid drills, draft calls, and the mysterious departure of her Japanese and Italian neighbors, Suse becomes obsessed with the war.

As Mendoza and the rest of America adjust to their new lives, Suse, too, will face challenges of her own as she begins to navigate the uncharted terrain of adolescence. Over the next four years she will confront the complexities of life--the demands of school, evolving friendships, brothers and sisters leaving home, the disturbing thrill of sexual awakening--while trying to understand who she is and what the future may hold for a world consumed by the horror of war.

A rediscovered classic, Rumors of Peace is an extraordinary coming-of-age story chronicling the loss of American innocence through the voice of one remarkable young girl.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0060125721
• ISBN 13: 9780060125721
• Binding: Hardcover