Ergebnis für "Summer Girls" in 20. Jahrhundert

Through years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. Miraculously reunited in America, they now have a beautiful son, Anthony, the gift of a love strong enough to survive the most terrible upheavals. Though they are still young, the ordeals they endured have changed them-and after living apart in a world laid waste, they must now find a way to live together in postwar America.

Es gibt zwei Arten von Krieg: Den Krieg an der Front und den Krieg in dir. Und beide werden Opfer fordern. Eine schreckliche Tragödie hat die Familie Caldwell auseinandergerissen und die Caldwell Girls in alle Richtungen zerstreut: Imogen hat sich dem Kriegsdienst angeschlossen. Elsie scheint ihr Glück in der Ehe zu finden. Und Daisy? Daisy fühlt sich verloren... Mittlerweile lebt sie weit weg von zu Hause und vermisst ihre Familie. Sie findet zwar neue Freunde, geht aus und flirtet, aber überall breiten sich die Schrecken des Krieges weiter aus. Tod. Krankheiten. Verwundete. Schmerzen.

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1915. Best friends Irene, Maggie and Annie are proud members of the newly renamed Women's Police Service. While Britain's men are away fighting in France, the girls are doing their bit by keeping the peace at home in London's East End. But out of the blue, Irene is given the opportunity to be stationed near an army barracks in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Having recently experienced some heartbreak and keen for the adventure, she decides to go. What could possibly go wrong?