The Heroes Welcome (My Dear I Wanted to Tell You #2)

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April 1919 Six months have passed since the armistice that ended the Great War But new battles face those who have survived.Only 23, former soldier Riley Purefoy and his bride, Nadine Waveney, have their whole lives ahead of them But Riley s injuries from the war have created awkward tensions between the couple, scars that threaten to shatter their marriage before it has truly begun.Peter and Julia Locke are facing their own trauma Peter has become a recluse, losing himself in drink to forget the horrors of the war Desperate to reach her husband, Julia tries to soothe his bitterness, but their future together is uncertain.Drawn together in the aftermath of the war, the couples become tightly intertwined Haunted by loss, guilt, and dark memories, contending with uncertainty, anger, and pain, they are left with the question is love strong enough to help them move forward The incandescent follow up to the international bestseller My Dear I Want to Tell You, The Heroes Welcome is a powerful and intimate novel chronicling the turbulence of 1919 a year of perilous beginnings, disturbing realities, and glimmerings of hope. Download The Heroes Welcome (My Dear I Wanted to Tell You #2) – kino-fada.fr even better than My Dear I wanted to Tell You to which is a direct sequel again the main draws are the author style and the main characters, especially Nadine and Riley, though there is a lot of Peter, Julia and Rose too the blurb tells enough about the story line so won t go intodetailwhile one can talk about themes, serious stuff etc, for me at least the main draws of the novel are its vitality, its affirmation of life and the way the pages flow so smooth and fast and by the end you wa even better than My Dear I wanted to Tell You to which is a direct sequel again the main draws are the author style and the main characters, especially Nadine and Riley, though there is a lot of Peter, Julia and Rose too the blurb tells enough about the story line so won t go intodetailwhile one can talk about themes, serious stuff etc, for me at least the main draws of ...Original review can be found at received an advanced readers copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review Thank you This book is the sequel to My Dear I Wanted to Tell You which I did not realise when I requested the book I was able to follow along but I think that readers would benefit greatly from reading them in the proper order in order to befamiliar with the characters Also, I found myself really int...The world that World War I soldiers returned to was one that was totally unexpected The soldiers that fought in the trenches didn t expect their jaws to be blown off or their psyche to be so traumatized This is the story of Riley and Peter and their return to civilian life It is also the story of the women who loved them How they all managed was the plot of The Heroes Welcome.I would encourage reading My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, by the same author, first, so that you can get a full introd The world that World War I soldiers returned to was one that was totally unexpected The soldiers that fought in the trenches didn t expect their jaws to be blown off or their psyche to be so traumatized This is the story of Riley and Peter and their return to civilian life It is also the story of the women who loved them How they all managed was the plot of The Heroes Welcome.I would encourage ...England 1919, focusing on a badly maimed soldier and a parallel account of an officer who had not been wounded Full of thoughts in italics which I found most annoying and a story so soppy that I couldn t enjoy it.1919 The Great War may be over, but those who survived are left to put the shattered pieces of themselves and their families back together, alone and unacknowledged Twenty three year old Riley Purefoy lost half his jaw in the war the artificial replacement helps hold his face together and is healing well, but he can t chew food or speak clearly Still, Riley considers himself one of the lucky ones, and not just because all his limbs are in working order and his brain isn t muddled He s just 1919 The Great War may be over, but those who survived are left to put the shattered pieces of themselves and their families back together, alone and unacknowledged Twenty three year old Riley Pure...Sadly this was not as good as My Dear I wanted to Tell You, I found it very depressing, I know that life after the war was not a bed of roses but this book didn t seem to be going anywhere and finished with no real endingWasn t a fan of this one I liked the premise of the book, that it was going to focus on how people coped and tried to move on after the war, but overall it wasn t a very enjoyable read.There s handful of main characters Riley, a former officer who was wounded and had his jaw reconstructed His wife, Nadine, who had served as a nurse I think This was a follow up to a previous novel that I haven t read Peter, Riley s former CO who was not wounded but was left to mentally deal with losing his Wasn t a fan of this one I liked the premise of the book, that it was going to focus on how people coped and tried to move on after the war, but overall it wasn t a very enjoyable read.There s handful of main characters Riley, a former officer who was wounded and had his jaw reconstructed His wife, Nadine, who had served as a nurse I think This was a follow up to a previous novel that I haven t read Peter, Riley s former CO who was not wounded but was left to mentally deal with losing his men His wife Julia, an unhappy woman who destroyed her face after a beauty treatment gone wrong The couple s young son Tom And then Rose, who wanted to be a doctor and is someone s Peter s cousin.The book follows this group for about a decade after the war, starting in 1919, but largely centres around how different Peter and Riley were Although physically scarred, Rileyor less led a normal life Described as bei...Recently, I pulled My Dear I Wanted To Tell You from the To Be Read pile, not least because the wonderful people of Goodreads were sending me a copy of the sequel The sequel arrived, I read it Here we are Louisa Young appears to be following in the footsteps of Elizabeth Jane Howard in chronicling a family moving through the twentieth century and there is a definite suggestion ofto come I have mentioned feeling slightly underwhelmed by the first in the series it dealt with the topic o Recently, I pulled My Dear I Wanted To Tell You from the To Be Read pile, not least because the wonderful people of Goodreads were sending me a copy of the sequel The sequel arrived, I read it Here we are Louisa Young appears to be following in the footsteps o...The Heroes Welcome by Louise Young was my third book to read courtesy of Good Reads It is set in 1919, after the end of WW1 Two soldiers return home, one with horrific facial wounds, one with deep mental scars The story follows their quest for closure from the horrors of war, and their attempts to move forward.The soldier with the facial wounds, Riley, marries his girlfriend, and after initial misunderstandings and non communication, finds contentment in married life He finds it difficult The Heroes Welcome by Louise Young was my third book to read courtesy of Good Reads It is set in 1919, after the end of WW1 Two soldiers return home, one with horrific facial wounds, one with deep mental scars The story follows their ques...We read My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You for our book group in November, and with the Tower Poppies and other commemorations it couldn t have beenappropriate At the end I really wanted to know what happened next for all of these tragic, flawed characters, and this sequel takes up the story in 1919, with a wedding and most of the main characters daring to hope for post war happiness and a good future There s nothing predictable about this second story, though, with further heartache for mo We read My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You for our book group in November, and with the Tower Poppies and other commemorations it couldn t have beenappropriate At the end I really wanted to know what happened next for all of these tragic, flawed characters, and this sequel takes up the story in 1919, wit...

The Heroes Welcome (My Dear I Wanted to Tell You #2)
  • English
  • 22 April 2017
  • Paperback
  • 263 pages
  • 0062354493
  • Louisa Young
  • The Heroes Welcome (My Dear I Wanted to Tell You #2)