Return to Me

De: Sharon Udy Storrs

Narrado por: Jered Page, Benjamin Eule

'Return to Me' is a historical fiction work which is written to be used as an impactful educational resource for students who are studying World War II. The book covers all 5 fronts of the war, with a clear explanation of the role the key players: Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Empire of Japan) played in the escalation and eventual resolution of the war.

The story is intertwined with characters living in a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains during the Depression and World War II. Nate and Bea Roundy and their family, as well as their community and the rest of the country are impacted by the Depression followed on the heels of the senseless loss of millions of lives and the devastation and destruction of WWII.

Nate's Sister, Ruth is serving as a nurse and is captured as a POW in the Philippines. Will they ever see her again? Her fiance is serving as an American spy in Italy on the Italian Front. Will they ever be together again and realize their dream of getting married? The death of Nate's sister, in child- birth leaves 8 motherless children in the care of a dysfunctional stepmother. What will become of them? What will become of Blake and his sweetheart Anna, now that he has enlisted as a medic and is serving in the Normandy invasion? What will become of Bobby, his best friend, who is shot down in German territory. Will he live to tell his story?

Members of the community find themselves being drafted into the war on many fronts. The story covers their challenges, love stories, tragedies and atrocities that occur in war as well as at home, and is laced with examples of courage, and valor. The question is will their family ever be united again, and if so, will it ever be the same?

©2024 Sharon Udy Storrs (P)2025 Sharon Udy Storrs

Historic facts intertwined with a family affected by the war.

Interesting well done and helped me understand what was happening in the world during 1940s