Jingle Boys - Herb Williams-Dalgart

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Résumé :
Readers' Favorite Songwriters. Codebreakers. Intrigue. Romance. A fresh WWII story I've never before heard. -Deborah Gaal, Award-Winning Author Fans of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn and The Alice Network will find Jingle Boys impossible to put down....

Biographie:
Herb Williams-Dalgart is an award-winning author and screenwriter, recognized by national and regional writing competitions for developing rich, memorable stories, layered characters, and fresh dialogue across many genres.The grandson of a World War II veteran after whom he was named, Herb maintains a great respect for and fascination with the greatest generation and with the period. Many of his works, including his debut novel, The French Girl's War, draw from the tapestry of this war-torn era to find stories that seek to capture the heart, humor, drama, and sacrifice of the time.Herb is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a degree in English, and an emphasis in creative writing. He holds a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA's Writer's Program, spent a year at England's Birmingham University, and studied at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.When not writing fiction or screenplays, Herb spends time with his wife, their children and grandchildren, and the family dog in Southern California....

Sommaire:
Brooklyn, 1943. The fate of the Allied war effort may rest with a piano player who faints under pressure. Wally Lipkin is a prodigy. His fingers can do things on the keys that other musicians only dream about. But Wally has a problem. A debilitating anxiety disorder drops him to the floor at the worst possible moments, which, when facing a wartime draft, is a serious liability. The plan seems simple enough-the U.S. government is running a jingle-writing competition, and the winner claims a coveted stateside government job, safely out of harm's way. Wally and his friends throw everything into it hoping for the fifty dollar prize, local fame, and most importantly, the avoidance of combat. What could go wrong? Just as their scheme gains momentum, a mesmerizing singer enters their lives, beautiful, talented, and hiding a secret that could unravel everything. Suddenly Wally is caught between two women, two loyalties, and a set of choices that stretch from Brooklyn to Britain to the battlefields of Italy. His jingles, it turns out, aren't just catchy. In the wrong hands, or the right ones, they could change the course of the war itself. To succeed, Wally will have to do the one thing he has spent his entire life trying to avoid: show up, in person, when the stakes are highest. Jingle Boys is an exhilarating WWII adventure, part espionage quest, part love story, and a celebration of the unlikely heroes whose smallest acts of courage make the biggest difference. Page Turner Award Finalist