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Author: Rachael Spencer (Alberta Author)
About the Product: This is the true story of Gail (Hal) and Alta Halvorsen, the enduring love they shared, and how that love inspired Hal to become the Berlin Candy Bomber—bringing hope and healing to a war-weary world.
Alta Jolley is a bright and hard-working young woman who loves the fun and variety of college life, although she misses her family and home in Zion National Park. When America joins the war in far-off Germany and Japan, not much changes for Alta—besides the introduction of ration cards and shortages in bobby pins and nylons, as well as an uptick in marriage proposals from men in uniform! She agrees to a blind date on a lark, never expecting it to lead to something more serious, but she finds herself falling for Hal even though she knows she might never see him again.
Idealistic and confident Hal Halvorsen arrives at college fresh from the sugar beet fields and sporting his private pilot’s license. He can’t wait to have some fun on campus, although he’s most eager to become a fighter pilot in the war. When he meets Alta he knows she’s special, but he worries about becoming too attached when the future is anything but certain.
Before they know it, Alta and Hal are swept up in the war, along with their growing feelings for each other. Hal is anxious to join the fray, but he is thwarted at every turn as he slowly completes his quest to become a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. As the tumultuous post-war years drag on and Hal’s heart becomes more full of questions and blame, Alta can only look on in dismay as he drifts further and further away from her. But as Hal finally starts to open his heart to the German people, will he begin to see that Alta and her love for him might hold the answers he's looking for after all?
Pages: 529
Rachael Spencer Alberta author
