Dream When You're Feeling Blue

A Novel

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.

As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are going to fight overseas. On the domestic front, meat is rationed, children participate in metal drives, and Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller play music that offers hope and lifts spirits. For Kitty, a confident, headstrong young woman, the departure of her boyfriend and the lessons she learns about love, resilience, and war will bring a surprise and uncover a secret, and will lead her to a radical action on behalf of those she loves that will change the Heaney family forever. The lifelong consequences of the choices the sisters make are at the heart of this superb novel about the power of love and the enduring strength of family.

Not my favorite LB story.

I think a different reader would have helped as her voice was a bit monotone until the very end.

Ending

I was with the story all the way up until the end. I was disappointed in the ending.

Disappointed

I usually like Berg's book, but this was inconsistent, I also didn't like the lengthy time spent on descriptions.

Narrator was bland

I’m so disappointed because it was very difficult to get into this book because of the narrator’s monotone sounding reading. I tried a few times but gave up . Too blah

Wonderful, not sure about the narration

As an Elizabeth Berg fan, I looked forward to hearing this book. Always before I have read them. Her self narration sometimes seemed emotionally flat, with a strange, constant slow cadence. Toward the end the emotion started to feel more appropriate. All in all, I loved the book and the story was wonderful. It was relevant to me because I'm a post WW2 baby, and heard many stories similar to the ones in the book when I was growing up.