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Love and War: A Story of World War II in 268 Love Letters

by Oneta McCarthy

452 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1129; ISBN 1-4251-3091-7; US$27.98, C$27.98, EUR19.11, £14.45

This is a love story, but is is also a story of World War II, told by using 268 actual love letters.

About the Book

This is a love story, but it is also a story of World War II. It is the story of a young man who had just turned 20 years of age, and felt it his duty to answer the call of his country and volunteer for the army of the United States.

It is the story of his emotions and frustrations, his love for the young woman who loved and waited for him to come home; and his experiences as he grew into a mature soldier who witnessed the horrors and devastation of war, and saw the results of the Holocaust atrocities.

About the Author

Oneta McCarthy was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a retired School Business Fiscal Officer. She has traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Orient. Oneta became a member of Rotary in 1988, when women were first taken into the organization, and was president of her local club in 1993. She was an Assistant Governor in Rotary District 6600 in Ohio, and with the clubs she was in charge of, started a Micro Bank in Honduras. Oneta has always worked with young people; she is a former Girl Scout Leader, a Church Youth Group Advisor, and a Rotary Foreign Exchange Student Chairman. Oneta currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.