Everything you need to understand or teach War Brides by Helen Bryan.
War Brides is a historical novel by Helen Bryan. Most of the story takes place in England during the early days of World War II. Responsible Alice, partying Frances, resourceful American Evangeline, impoverished Elsie, and Jewish Austrian refugee Tanni are five girls in their teens or early twenties. They all come to live in the town of Crowmarsh Prior in Sussex, England, where they ultimately become friends and fall in love...