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FROM: "Ellen Reynolds" <[removed]@pls-net.org>
REC'D: 4/14/04, 2:00 PM

I received a question from a book group that would like to do a novel on
D-Day. Could anyone supply suggestions? Although not specifically D-Day, I
have already suggested Gone to soldiers by Marge Piercy, The journal of
Scott Pendleton Collins by Myers by Walter Dean, Shake down the stars, by
Frances Donnelly, and Five quarters of the orange by Joanne Harris. Is
there anything more specific to D-Day in fiction? Thanks

Ellen J. Reynolds
Collection Management Librarian
Pioneer Library System
2557 State Route 21
Canandaigua, NY 14424
[removed]@pls-net.org
www.pls-net.org
585-394-8260
585-394-1935 FAX

FROM: "Dillie, Thomas" <[removed]@gcpl.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 4/14/04, 2:51 PM

Ellen,
The Long Summer by Alan White concentrates on the preparations for the invasion and D-Day, but it will be hard to find. This might be the time to suggest something nonfiction. The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan has a "reads like fiction" quality that could work for the group and it should be easy to round up enough copies. Two other possiblities for nonfiction are Overlord: D Day and the Battle for Normandy by Max Hastings and D Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen Ambrose.

Tom Dillie, Head Librarian
Cedarville and Jamestown Community Libraries
Greene County Public Library
P.O. Box 26
Cedarville OH 45314
[removed]@mail.gcpl.lib.oh.us

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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Ellen Reynolds
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:56 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Novel on D-Day

I received a question from a book group that would like to do a novel on
D-Day. Could anyone supply suggestions? Although not specifically D-Day, I
have already suggested Gone to soldiers by Marge Piercy, The journal of
Scott Pendleton Collins by Myers by Walter Dean, Shake down the stars, by
Frances Donnelly, and Five quarters of the orange by Joanne Harris. Is
there anything more specific to D-Day in fiction? Thanks

Ellen J. Reynolds
Collection Management Librarian
Pioneer Library System
2557 State Route 21
Canandaigua, NY 14424
[removed]@pls-net.org
www.pls-net.org
585-394-8260
585-394-1935 FAX

FROM: Andrew Smith <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 4/14/04, 5:20 PM

Two other novels in which D-Day plays a part: The Triumph and The Glory,
by Steven Edward Rustad, and Consequences of the Heart by Peter
Cunningham.

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Readers Services Librarian
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Ellen Reynolds wrote:

> I received a question from a book group that would like to do a novel on
> D-Day. Could anyone supply suggestions? Although not specifically D-Day, I
> have already suggested Gone to soldiers by Marge Piercy, The journal of
> Scott Pendleton Collins by Myers by Walter Dean, Shake down the stars, by
> Frances Donnelly, and Five quarters of the orange by Joanne Harris. Is
> there anything more specific to D-Day in fiction? Thanks
>
> Ellen J. Reynolds
> Collection Management Librarian
> Pioneer Library System
> 2557 State Route 21
> Canandaigua, NY 14424
> [removed]@pls-net.org
> www.pls-net.org
> 585-394-8260
> 585-394-1935 FAX
>
>
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FROM: "Hogan, Jean E." <[removed]@nvcc.edu>
REC'D: 4/14/04, 6:24 PM

I have read so many of W.E.B. Griffin I can't remember which one(s) cover
that period in time. Maybe someonelse from the list knows?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ellen Reynolds [[removed]@pls-net.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:56 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Novel on D-Day

I received a question from a book group that would like to do a novel on
D-Day. Could anyone supply suggestions? Although not specifically D-Day, I
have already suggested Gone to soldiers by Marge Piercy, The journal of
Scott Pendleton Collins by Myers by Walter Dean, Shake down the stars, by
Frances Donnelly, and Five quarters of the orange by Joanne Harris. Is
there anything more specific to D-Day in fiction? Thanks

Ellen J. Reynolds
Collection Management Librarian
Pioneer Library System
2557 State Route 21
Canandaigua, NY 14424
[removed]@pls-net.org
www.pls-net.org
585-394-8260
585-394-1935 FAX

FROM: [removed]@uiuc.edu
REC'D: 4/16/04, 10:20 AM

> I received a question from a book group that would like to do a novel
> on
> D-Day. Could anyone supply suggestions? Although not specifically
> D-Day, I
> have already suggested Gone to soldiers by Marge Piercy, The journal of
> Scott Pendleton Collins by Myers by Walter Dean, Shake down the stars,
> by
> Frances Donnelly, and Five quarters of the orange by Joanne Harris. Is
> there anything more specific to D-Day in fiction? Thanks

Jackdaws, a 2001 novel by Ken Follett is about the six days before
D-Day. After the failure of a sabotage mission and the loss of her
team, Flick, a British undercover operative in Occupied France, has to
put together a new team at the very last minute to pull off the
destruction of a telephone exchange in occupied France which is
essential to the success of D-Day. In the new team, Flick is the only
one with any intelligence experience, the rest of her group are all
women, and pulled together from jails and the very few unemployed in
1944 Britian. The countdown of the days and hours leading to June 6
makes for a very suspenseful and compelling read. This was my favorite
new book for 2001 and even though I read it over three years ago, it is
still very vivid in my mind.
On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at 02:51 PM, Dillie, Thomas wrote:
>
>
Jessica E. Moyer

M.S. in Library and Information Science
Librarian for the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International
Security (ACDIS) University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Phone: (217) 333 9173
Webpage: http://acdisweb.acdis.uiuc.edu/Library.html

FROM: "Barbara Oberlin" <[removed]@cwmars.org>
REC'D: 4/16/04, 3:26 PM

I second Jessica Moyer's suggestion of Jackdaws by
Ken Follett. The characterizations are well done, and the
plot tense. So tense that I'd put the book down and realize
I'd been holding my breath! Jessica's right: it's compelling.

-Barbara

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Barbara Oberlin
Reference Librarian

Gale Free Library
23 Highland Street
Holden, Massachusetts 01520-2522

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