Thanksgiving, 1942 (The Coleman Household Saga) (Quantity 2)

Make a journey again in time to spend the primary Thanksgiving of World Warfare II with the Coleman household and the return residence to Pittsburgh of the 2 older sons–Jonathan and Joseph–for a short vacation furlough in the midst of their Military Air Forces coaching… and what all members of the family count on can be their final Thanksgiving at residence for a protracted whereas. Midway internationally their cousin Marty, who has already been to battle, is spending his Thanksgiving along with his sea-mates on the USS Augusta, fascinated by and lacking his household again residence.

And Charlene Coleman, now seventeen years previous, has secret goals of fame after being instructed by none apart from the star of Broadway’s Pal Joey – Pittsburgh native Gene Kelly – that she has a substantial amount of expertise and needs to be out promoting Warfare Bonds throughout the nation.

For Jonathan, this Thanksgiving furlough presents a severe predicament: what he ought to do when he encounters Francine Donner, his would-be fiancé. Jonathan had simply began proposing to her the earlier Christmas Eve when Francine blurted out a shameful secret that halted the proposal…however what’s going to occur eleven months later when Jonathan and Francine come collectively once more?

Irene Coleman is decided to make this Thanksgiving as joyous as potential for everybody in her household who will collect round her desk and share the vacation festivities, regardless of the wartime circumstances and the way tough a 12 months 1942 has been on the battle entrance and likewise the house entrance.

THANKSGIVING, 1942 follows Jonathan, Joseph, Charlene, Irene and her husband Gerald, and the opposite members of the Coleman household through the days main as much as the primary Thanksgiving of the battle.

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Trivia: Search for Joey DeMarco, the “off-pages” husband in Alan Simon’s historic novel
UNFINISHED BUSINESS, with a small position in
THANKSGIVING, 1942 as a former highschool buddy and soccer teammate of Jonathan and Joseph Coleman.