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New York : George H. Doran Company, c1918.
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Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: If duty called, would you leave the confines of your cushy life to dedicate yourself to the service of the greater good? That's what Sara Lee, the altruistic heroine of Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Amazing Interlude, decides to do amidst the terror and tumult of World War I. Based on the author's own experiences as one of the first prominent female war correspondents, this novel provides a fascinating glimpse into the horror of war�and a heartening look at the miracle of human kindness and connection..
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LibraryThing member loomishouse
Touched by stories from the front, Sara Lee Kennedy leaves her fiancé in Pennsylvania, and travels to Europe to do her part ("I can make soup"). Aided by sheer pluck and a handsome young Belgian secret service agent, she runs a soup kitchen behind the trenches until recalled by her desolate
A romantic and dramatic tale of WWI Europe before the United States joined the Allied effort. Not exactly Rinehart's usual fare — if you're mainly a fan of her mysteries, this may not appeal — but well-crafted nonetheless.
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fiancé, who is no longer the man she remembered...A romantic and dramatic tale of WWI Europe before the United States joined the Allied effort. Not exactly Rinehart's usual fare — if you're mainly a fan of her mysteries, this may not appeal — but well-crafted nonetheless.
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LibraryThing member carlyrose
A tearjerker towards the end. The many instances of the author addressing the reader to say that later the heroine would find something out got on my nerves.
LibraryThing member PreetiD
A good love story with the backdrop of World War 1.Though I wished the ending which was conventional had been different
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English
Original publication date
1918
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317 p.; 20 cm