Both Sides of the Pond: My Family’s War, 1933–1946 by Barbara Kent Lawrence.

Today in the Spotlight: Both Sides of the Pond: My Family’s War, 1933–1946 by Barbara Kent Lawrence.

A powerful and deeply personal account of one family’s experience during the Second World War, this richly researched memoir follows love, loss, and courage on both sides of the Atlantic. Illustrated with photographs and documents, it brings to life the extraordinary journeys of ordinary people in remarkable times.

✓ A deeply personal Second World War memoir

✓ From Dunkirk to Burma and beyond

✓ A transatlantic story of love and duty

✓ Ordinary lives in extraordinary times

✓ Carefully researched and richly illustrated

Check out the blurb:

In January of 1939 when Barbara Greene, a beautiful
young British actress, met Joe Kennedy, Jr., son of the American Ambassador, she could not have expected that their relationship would lead to her emigrating to the United States and learning to pilot a plane. Neither could her brother, Kent, have foreseen his bitter retreat from Dunkirk when he left England in January 1940 to fight in France, or his subsequent service on the frontlines in Cornwall, North Africa, Sicily, and Burma.

In this intensively researched war story of the author’s family, we also hear the stories of other ordinary people who survived extraordinary circumstances. Richly illustrated with photographs and documents, “Both Sides of the Pond, My Family’s War: 1933 – 1946” is a captivating book.

This book is available in paperback & hardback at Amazon UK & Amazon US

Barbara Kent Lawrence

Dr. Lawrence is the author of many articles and nine books, including an award-winning dissertation about the influence of culture on aspirations in Maine. Her new book, Both Sides of the Pond, My Family’s War: 1933 - 1945, is available in book stores and on Amazon.

A former professor, she has taught courses in anthropology and sociology, research, and writing non-fiction and memoir. Lawrence grew up in New York City and Washington D.C., then earned a BA in anthropology from Bennington College, an MA in sociology from New York University, and an Ed.D. in Administration, Policy and Planning from Boston University.

In addition to teaching, Lawrence has worked for the Department of Social Services and the Housing Development Administration in New York, directed a small museum in Maine, co-run a brokerage and construction company, consulted for the Rural School and Community Trust and KnowledgeWorks, and started four non-profit organizations supporting the environment and students.

When not working she loves to garden, knit, and go for walks, pastimes she learned from her British mother. She lives in Maine and is working on the third novel in her Islands series.

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