Lorna Brockway Lieske

A Long Time Past Lorna Brockway Lieske

It's September, 1939. Marcus Carlton has just turned 21 - and Britain and France have just declared war on Nazi Germany. Like most of the young men his age, Marcus is captivated by the European drama slashing its way across the headlines, but for his mother Martha - having come of age during the "war to end all wars" - the news stories that enthrall Marc fill her with an icy dread. Is the world once again staring into the vortex of what will become a second global conflagration? Everything seems in flux as the U. S. grapples with the question of becoming involved in another European war and families across the country face the sobering prospect of sending their sons once more into the fray. As a mother, the war bears down on Martha like the thunderous approach of the Four Horsemen. As a woman, it awakens memories and emotions she thought were safely consigned to the ashes...