Gravy
Reeks: Singers, Soldiers, and Saboteurs
Faith A. Colburn
- Struggling
- to
- act
- normal,
- whatever
- normal
- means,
- Connor
- William
- Conroy,
- a
- farm
- boy
- just
- back
- from
- combat
- in
- the
- Southwest
- Pacific
- with
- shell
- shock
- meets
- a
- girl,
- but
- he
- doesn’t
- remember
- how
- to
- behave—and
- then
- there
- are
- the
- flashbacks.Nightclub
- singer
- Bobbi
- Bowen
- joined
- the
- Women’s
- Army
- Corps
- because
- the
- nightclubs
- were
- cutting
- back
- on
- live
- entertainment
- and
- her
- band
- members
- were
- getting
- drafted.
- Now
- she’s
- building
- and
- repairing
- radios
- for
- B-24
- Liberator
- bombers
- and
- singing
- in
- a
- nightclub
- when
- she’s
- off
- duty.
- And
- then,
- she
- meets
- Connor.As
- a
- WAC,
- Bobbi
- understands
- Connor
- better
- than
- most,
- but
- he’s
- been
- through
- frightening
- experiences
- that
- may
- affect
- him
- for
- the
- rest
- of
- his
- life.
- He’s
- seen
- and
- done
- things
- she
- can’t
- even
- imagine.
- Of
- course,
- Bobbi
- has
- had
- her
- own
- frightening
- experiences
- in
- nightclubs
- where
- she’s
- worked,
- as
- well
- as
- living
- in
- the
- chaos
- of
- a
- city
- where
- many
- live
- on
- the
- streets.
- Accustomed
- to
- not
- only
- noise,
- city
- lights,
- and
- glamour,
- she
- also
- knows
- poverty
- and
- despair.
- That’s
- what
- drove
- her
- into
- the
- nightclubs
- in
- the
- first
- place.Bobbi
- has
- always
- thought
- farmers
- were
- poor
- and
- dumb,
- but
- Connor’s
- given
- her
- a
- whole
- new
- way
- of
- thinking
- about
- them--AND
- his
- father
- drives
- a
- Chrysler
- New
- Yorker.
- The
- family
- must
- be
- prosperous,and
- if
- Bobbi
- knows
- one
- thing
- for
- sure,
- it
- is
- that
- she
- doesn’t
- ever
- want
- to
- be
- hungry
- again.
- Besides,
- Connor’s
- tall,
- dark,
- and
- handsome.
- She
- thinks
- he’s
- The
- One.Does
- she
- dare
- give
- her
- heart
- to
- this
- dangerous man?
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