GI Brides: The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love

From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls, ''GI Brides'' weaves together the reallife stories of four women who crossed the ocean for love, providing a moving true tale of romance and resilience.The ''friendly invasion'' of Britain by over a million American GIs caused a sensation among a generation of young women deprived of male company during the Second World War. With their exotic accents, smart uniforms, and aura of Hollywood glamour, the GIs soon had the local girls queuing up for a date and the British boys off fighting abroad turning green with envy. But American soldiers offered something even more tantalizing than a ready supply of chocolate, chewing gum, and nylon stockings. Becoming a GI bride provided an escape route from Blitzravaged Britain, an opportunity for a whole new life in America a country that was more affluent, more modern, and less classridden than home.