Downsizing from a large
four-bedroom home and moving to a small two-bedroom condominium in recent months
has made it impossible for me to read at my usual speedy pace. But when my
tortured back and squealing feet refused me during my “downsizing” project, I
was able to spend much of my time-outs reading a few books, among them a marvelous
World War II epic titled Bridge of Sighs and Dreams by author and artist Pamela
Allegretto. The book was a perfect diversion, and has earned an honored place
in my library of “World War II Books.”
Like Kristen Hannah’s
acclaimed World War II novel The Nightingale, Allegretto’s novel explores the
seldom-seen topic of the effects of war on women, the former on two sisters in
German-occupied France, the latter on two sisters-in-law in war-torn Italy. If
you haven’t read both of these fabulous books, you are missing out on big-time
reading pleasures.
An artist whose fine
art is collected worldwide, Allegretto’s every stroke of the keyboard that gave
life to Bridge of Sighs and Dreams is rendered as masterfully as the
brushstrokes that shape her popular canvasses.
Award-winning artist and author, blogger, editor, and interior
designer Linda Lee Greene is on social media at the following:
Email: lindaleegreene.author.artist@gmail.com
Twitter: @LLGreeneAuthor
Also look for her at LinkedIn and Google+
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