Good night, Irene
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FIC URREA, LUIS ALBERTO
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407 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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"Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself." --Financial Times
In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military buses called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle.
After D-Day, these two intrepid friends join the Allied soldiers streaming into France. Their time in Europe will see them embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald. Through her friendship with Dorothy, and a love affair with a gallant American fighter pilot named Hans, Irene learns to trust again. Her most fervent hope, which becomes more precarious by the day, is for all three of them to survive the war intact.
Taking as inspiration his mother's own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women's heroism in World War II. With its affecting and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances, Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that Urrea's "gifts as a storyteller are prodigious" (NPR).
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1943. Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York and heads to Europe with the Red Cross. She makes friends with Dorothy Dunford, and they become part of the Donut Dollies: providing camaraderie and a taste of home at the front lines before the troops head into battle. Seeing service from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, Irene develops friendships which help her learn to trust again. --
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Urrea, L. A. (2023). Good night, Irene (First edition.). Little, Brown & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Urrea, Luis Alberto. 2023. Good Night, Irene. Little, Brown & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Urrea, Luis Alberto. Good Night, Irene Little, Brown & Company, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Urrea, Luis Alberto. Good Night, Irene First edition., Little, Brown & Company, 2023.
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