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    Remembrance

    By Theresa Breslin

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    It was the largest conflict the world had ever known. It covered three continents and lasted five years. Millions of soldiers returned wounded, millions more never returned at all. In the summer of 1915, in a small village in Scotland, the Great War has already begun to irrevocably alter the course of five young lives.

    Eighteen-year-old John Malcolm enlists in the army, eager to fight for his country. His sweetheart, 15-year-old Charlotte, stays behind to earn her nursing certificate, along with John Malcolm’s twin sister, Maggie, who recognizes the opportunity to create a new life for herself. Charlotte’s brother, Francis, sees only tragedy in the war, but feels the pressure to join up. And Alex, below the recruiting age, is determined to reach the front lines somehow.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateDec 18, 2007
    ISBN9780307433688
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    Theresa Breslin

    Theresa writes with a passion. Her books have been translated into many languages, and filmed for television and dramatised on radio. She is a superb storyteller who cleverly enables her readers to stand in the shoes of her characters and see what it really feels like to be fighting against the odds. Theresa won the Carnegie Medal for 'Whispers in the Graveyard' and the Kathleen Fidler award for 'Simon’s Challenge', which was also televised.

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    • 4/5
      Remembrance by Danielle SteelSaraina feels like she's been on the train for days and she has been. Others see the pain in her eyes...She had lived 4 years with the sisters in upstate NY and now she was on her way back home. The war has ended and her home has been under terror.She's back home but Sergio has sold all of her familys possessions and she knows she will get revenge. She is hoping to get a job cleaning her old house...the house is being rented from the Army. A major is in residence. Margailla the old housekeeper will help her in her old house, her only family.The major, Brad Fullerton is to be married to a woman in NY but he's taken a fancy to Saraina.Problems arise when Patty comes to visit him and he knows he needs to break off the engagement. He sets things right and relocates her to Paris. They know when they arrive in the states there will be turmoil.His mother has a plan that she hopes Saraina will on board for.The book is divided into parts: early years and the survival years. After so much pain and sorrow she's had to get a job and watch her brother in law go to war.Each of the parts have traumatic things occur and it makes the characters stronger as their lives go on.Also the oldest daughter's life is highlighted as well.
    • 4/5
      Remembrance by Theresa Breslin is a story that is set against the huge backdrop of World War I, and yet tells the small story of five young people from a tiny Scottish village. Two families, one of the upper class gentry and the other a family of shopkeepers, but the war makes a huge imprint on both. These five people all have different attitudes toward what is happening both at home and in France, with a couple of the boys eagerly embracing the life of a soldier and one who has no intention of fighting, until conscription forces him to go. The girls, left behind, are experiencing the changes that are evolving in society and in their homes, neither class or gender are as important now as becoming involved and doing their share. They train as nurses and find themselves shipped to France to nurse at the front. What happens to these five over the course of the war, who survives and what they go on to become makes for a thought-provoking story on the loss of innocence and vulnerability.Both a coming of age and love story, Remembrance captures the heart wrenching feeling of first love, along with the shattering of courage and dreams that the horror of trench warfare brought to this generation. Although a little simplistic in it’s views, nevertheless this is a well written historical fiction novel on the consequences of war.
    • 5/5
      I read this ten years ago, it still sticks with me. Really moving.
    • 4/5
      This was a rather beautiful tale that showcased different aspects of the Great War:Pro-War, Anti-War, NeutralityHome front, war frontWomen, menIt was very interesting and because it followed multiple protagonists the author was able to do things she couldn't had she had a single protagonist.
    • 4/5
      This book has it all - coming of age stories, bloody war scenes, rural landscapes, patriotism, feminism and romance - as five young people from the same village in Scotland react and respond, each in their own ways, to the Great War. This realistic and thought-provoking story is told in part through letters written by the five friends and their families, between the years of 1915-1918.
    • 3/5
      Quite honestly, I had not heard of Theresa Breslin and I hadn't read any of the reviews of Remembrance before I read it. So, it was a bit of an unexpected read when I noticed this is a YA novel. However, it was a thoroughly enjoyable book about a group of teenagers who are thrown into the insanity of the First World War.

      Had I read this as a kid, I probably would have enjoyed it more, and could have ignored the contrived storylines that obviously contained every imaginable conflict that society went through in the course of the war.
      In short, this obviously is a book that aims to educate young readers about the historical facts. It also tries to convey a plethora of ideas and issues to young readers - from emancipation to pacifism. The only problem I had with the book is that it tries a little too hard at times.
    • 4/5
      I was three quarters of the way through this before I realised it was a children's book. I hadn't spotted anything being sanitised or simplified - in fact it was a very well thought out examination of World War I through the eyes of some interesting characters, and a skilful evocation of the manners and attitudes of the time. An enjoyable read for teens and adults alike.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful Audio CD version of the book.I was completely bowled over by the Audio version of this book (sadly, abridged). It was so tastefully written and so beautifully read by Frances Thorburn and Gary Bakewell. I shall definitely keep this to listen to again and intend to read the full written version at some time too. The five main characters are aged bewteen 14 and 23 at the time of WWI, The Great War. We meet them as the guns of war are starting to be heard over the chanel, yet picnics on a sunny day are still a glorious option. All five react differently to the impending changes, Francis rejects war as a solution, arguing comprehensively against the whole idea, yet ultimately under pressure to make the ultimate sacrifice. His sister Charlotte, and her friend, Maggie, take the opportunity to leave the confines of traditional women's roles to help with the injured, while Maggie's brothers, Alex and John Malcom, are desperate to fight alongside the other boys of the village in the support of a just cause. Within this range of five characters is woven an extensive range of view points and responses to the war, add to this the trauma of the parents left behind and the whole becomes beautifully evocative of the effects of war on a small village. It was startling how little folks back home knew about what was really going on and how wasteful and tragic the whole exercise was. Of course we are familiar with all this now but it doesn't hurt to be reminded from time to time. I'll admit, it made me cry, always a sign of a good book! Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      Inhaltsangabe:Als die junge Serena nach dem Krieg aus den USA wieder nach Europa zurückkommt, muß sie traurig feststellen, daß ihr außer ihrem Titel – Principessa di San Tibaldo – nichts mehr geblieben ist. Einzig Marcella, eine alte Dienstbotin der Familie, hält sich noch im Palazzo in Rom auf, die sie mit offenen Armen aufnimmt. Serena lernt zu arbeiten und besorgt sich eine Stelle beim amerikanischen Millitär. Die Armee nistet sich im Palazzo ihrer Familie ein. Sie darf als Dienstmädchen in ihrem Haus bleiben. Das sie eine Principessa ist, weiß nur Marcella.B.J. Fullerton, Armeeangehöriger und Erbe des hiesigen Fullerton-Imperiums, verliebt sich sofort in die wunderschöne und zarte Serena. Anfänglich haben sie beide noch Bedenken, doch die Liebe und Sehnsucht nach Zärtlichkeit und Geborgenheit ist größer. Für Serena löst B.J. sogar seine Verlobung zu Pattie auf, die seine Mutter sehr gern sah. Während einer kurzen Trennung, wo B.J. nach Paris versetzt wurde, spüren beide, das sie nicht mehr ohne einander leben wollen und sie heiraten, nachdem sie ihm nachgereist ist. Für Serena beginnt eine glückliche Zeit an der Seite ihres Mannes. Einzig seine Mutter, die erst nach der Heirat von Serena erfährt, ist nicht begeistert. Sie glaubt, Serena wäre nur hinter dem Geld her.Ein ständiger Weggefährte des jungen Paares ist B.J.’s Bruder Teddy, der sich heimlich in Serena verliebt hat, als sie in die Staaten übersiedelten. Da er Medizinstudent ist, hilft er Serena sogar bei der Geburt der kleinen Vanessa, weil B.J. auf einem Manöver ist.Die Jahre des Glücks und der Zufriedenheit sind vorbei, als B.J. bei einem Angriff in Korea getötet wird. Serena steht mit der kleinen Vanessa allein da. Teddy wirbt um sie und während er im Krieg ist, halten sie einander engen Kontakt. Doch es ist nie mehr als geschwisterliche Freundschaft. Er hilft ihr schließlich, in New York als Model einen Neuanfang zu machen. Sie ist zufrieden, hat eine gutbezahlte Arbeit, für Vanessa ist ausreichend gesorgt und bald bahnt sich auch eine neue Liebe an. Trotz des Schattens der Fullertons Familie scheint sie sich ein eigenständiges Leben aufbauen zu können, doch dann gerät sie in eine Odyssee, aus der sie lebend nicht mehr herauskommen soll.Mein Fazit:Zu Anfangs des Buches war es relativ langweilig. Ich hatte ein wenig Schwierigkeiten, den ganzen Geschehnissen um ihre Familie di San Tibaldo zu folgen. Es wurde erst interessant in der Geschichte, als sie in Rom Marcella wiedersah. Doch bis dahin waren wohl fast 40 Seiten zu lesen.Doch dann wurde es einfach nur noch spannend. Der energische Kampf einer jungen Frau um Achtung und Liebe. Die Autorin ließ natürlich erkennen, wie gut sie sich in Europa auskennt. Und auch die Vorgänge des Zweiten Weltkrieges sind ihr nicht fremd gewesen. Hat man erstmal den langatmigen Teil des Buches überstanden, läßt man es nur noch ungern aus der Hand. Ich habe das Ende dieses Buch jedenfalls mit Spannung erwartet.Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt aus Mai 2001.Veröffentlicht am 03.03.16!