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Book ReviewsStage Door Canteen |
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Book: Stage Door Canteen
Written by: Maggie Davis |
Publisher: eReads.com
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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You Can Almost Smell the Coffee
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5 / 5
You can almost smell the coffee at Sardis and the Stage Door Canteen as Maggie Davis transports you back to the challenging days of World War II. In her latest novel, she weaves the personalities of different characters--each with his or her own agenda--into an interesting plot filled with people who are not so perfect, but who want to do whatever is necessary to life life with gusto while there is still time. In short, Stage Door Canteen is a page-turner.
perfect Christmas gift
Rating:
5 / 5
this is a perfect Christmas gift for those who lived through WWII. It will touch their hearts and make them remember. I got this for my grandfather and I know it will be a very special gift for him
amazing book!
Rating:
5 / 5
This book is hard to write a review about. It is just SO MUCH. Basically, if you read only one book this year - I'd suggestion making it this one.
It's a very patriotic book without waving flags - because it is about the people and how they try to carry on in their everyday lives, how was touches even those on the homefront. It's a super peek into the production of a musical, the behind the scenes hair-pulling of talented individual - now legends to us. It's a time-capsule slice of political and ethnic views of WWII era.
Davis very simply, yet elegantly crafted a book that should be a bestseller. It evokes emotions on many levels. A book that will please women, because is it centres on the women of the Stage Door Canteen (can see the Hollywood starlets arm-wrestling over this one when they find it! This is choice material for big screen - it just cries for full treatment.). Yet, at the same time, a man reading the novel will see it is a book for them, because there is a heart-stopping sea battle, addresses how war changes their lives, too, and brings in the forming of the pentagon.
Basically, one could write pages about this book and never address it full scope. It's just one super work, but best "experienced" yourself.
My wife gave me the book and said "You must read this. It is a Classic." Do yourself a favour - don't wait till someone give it to you or tells you to read it - rush out and discover this novel yourself - then you can be the one telling everyone else to read it!
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