Voyage: A Memoir of Love, War, and Ever After
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Overview
A WORLD AT WAR . . .A lonely sailor without a sawbuck to spare. A gorgeous socialite on the home front. Letters soaked in longing. Secrets taken to the grave. Easy births. Hard deaths. And dogs --dogs aplenty.They say love conquers all, but will bonds forged by Lt. N. Robert Underhill and Miss Merrilee Meier during World War II survive the peaks and valleys of peacetime?Across their 58-year-marriage, Bob and Merrilee confront holiday fiascoes and funeral foul-ups, windless regattas and catastrophic tornadoes, a medical crisis and a financial reversal. But rearing six kids is the ultimate test of a love that began with a letter.
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- Chronicles a 58-year marriage beginning with letters exchanged during World War II.
- Details the numerous challenges of peacetime, including natural disasters, and medical crises.
- Explores the enduring strength of a lifelong bond tested by the complexities of raising six children.
Letters written by a young WWII naval officer interspersed with his daughter's personal recollections, written in lyrical prose, meld in this beautiful, bittersweet, and unforgettable memoir.
-Jackie Minniti, columnist, The Island Reporter, author of Jacqueline
Precious letters from Bob to his Lady Faire invite the reader to feel the raw emotion and uncertainty of how each day will unfold. A relationship continues to blossom, but not without challenges and difficulty. Perspectives from family carefully weave entire lives together in a delightful, and sometimes heart-wrenching way.
-Suzanne Sanders Overstreet, author of Wait for Me
Intertwining her father's wartime letters and reflections on her own childhood, in Voyage, Catherine Underhill Fitzpatrick tells the compelling story of her parents' WWII romance and paints an evocative portrait of life in a postwar American family. Rich in detail, the book provides an insightful perspective on the hopes and fears, joys and sorrows, and day-to-day experiences of Americans both at home and at war.
- Susan Douglas Franzosa, professor emerita, Fairfield University, author of Ordinary Lessons: Girlhoods of the 1950s