Both Sides of the Pond, My Family's War: 1933-1946

In January of 1939 when Barbara Greene, a beautiful and successful 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 America sponsored by Ambassador and Mrs. Kennedy. Nor 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 in Cornwall, North Africa, Sicily, and Burma. Their stories portray the war on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and on the home and battle fronts.

"an intimate, harrowing, and vivid portrait of two young people engulfed by a world war.. forced to show the grit and steadfastness that gave Britain its finest hour. —Evan Thomas, author of two New York Times best-selling books, including Road to Surrender.

I loved this book. History and the complexity of human relationships unfold with uncommon grace.
—Barbara Lazear Ascher, award-winning author.