{"product_id":"dear-nora-9798886798975","title":"Dear Nora","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar touches everyone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReeling from a broken heart, army nurse Nora Russell boards a troop ship in Boston, destination unknown. Assigned to a hospital in Wales treating shell shock (PTSD) patients, she experiences the consequences of war. Nora's work intensifies when she transfers to a neuropsychiatry center in England. There, Nora meets a British psychiatrist who intrigues her and makes her wonder if she can ever love again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack home, Nora's mother, Ellen, tries to remain positive with her children away at war, but she has promised to tell Nora everything. Soon, Ellen is facing her older sister's cancer battle and a nephew missing in action. Then, when a long-buried family secret surfaces, her life becomes upended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNora's best friend, Louise Baker, doesn't understand why everyone leaves her-her parents are gone, and her husband's in the infantry. Raising a toddler alone, she needs to find a job to keep her sanity. Then she receives a dreaded telegram.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intertwining stories of three women's lives, told through their correspondence, reveal the courage, compassion, and resilience necessary to endure the darkest days of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuntsberger, Karen Berkey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Karen Berkey Huntsberger grew up in Indiana, annoying her family with endless questions. That need to know persisted into adulthood, and she would spend all her time on research if she could. She lives with her husband in Oregon wine country. The daughter of a World War II veteran, she is also the author of Waiting for Peace: The Journals \u0026amp; Correspondence of a World War II Medic and I'll Be Seeing You: Letters Home from a Navy Girl.karenberkeyhuntsberger.com","brand":"Karen Berkey Huntsberger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764157055250,"sku":"9798886798975","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_664e539b-ff6d-4ab9-acfa-b806142a4dbf.jpg?v=1764758096","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-nora-9798886798975","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}