Good Sons A Novel of The Great War edition by Greg Hall Literature Fiction eBooks
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In early 1914 Frank Wilson and his two close friends, Tom Davis and Robert Sutherland, are growing up in Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand. The coming war in Europe arouses the hopes and dreams of a generation of young men. The pressure becomes irresistible and one by one the boys become soldiers. Frank delays his decision but in 1916 a strange encounter shocks him into enlisting.
After a rapid coming-of-age in the training camps of the North Island the novel moves to France. A reunion, the insanity of a love affair in the midst of a terrible war and a brutal event set Frank on course for the best and worst days of his young life. As he becomes a frontline soldier and experiences hard fighting, fate forces him to make an agonising decision. Good Sons is a poignant story of youth and war, love and loss, suffering and hope.
Good Sons A Novel of The Great War edition by Greg Hall Literature Fiction eBooks
Frank Wilson is a 19 year old from Oamaru, New Zealand, who volunteers to fight in WW1. This is his story and it takes us from when the War breaks out through to the battle of Passchendaele in 1917. While it's fiction, it reads like it's true. It's very well researched and full of details that give you a strong sense of what it would have been like to serve at that time. I have read several very good books (and seen many films) set during WW1, but this is the first I've read that focuses on a New Zealander and this gave it an extra poignancy.The book is written from Frank's point of view. The writing is a little workmanlike, which is particularly noticeable in the pre-War sections, but somehow this adds to the feeling that you are genuinely reading a memoir written at that time.
I have tossed up between three and four stars. I found this very readable and I think it will stick with me. I'm glad I read it, especially when the centenary of Passchendaele was so recent.
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Good Sons A Novel of The Great War edition by Greg Hall Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
It's always a good sign when you don't want to put a novel down and this was the case with Good Sons. This gritty, unsparing story is centred around three close friends from a rural area of New Zealand. The novel encapsulates their youthful naivety and the incredible pressure they were under to join up and fight. They anticipated a great adventure but found the reality was very different.
The author has obviously done his research and doesn't pull any punches. Each chapter is prefaced with a short newspaper clipping which puts the characters into context in both time and place. I found this very informative since I'm from Europe and had little knowledge of the Kiwis and their part in The Great War.
This gripping story is told through the eyes of Frank Wilson one of the three main characters and reflects the lives, loves, madness, frustration and helplessness of young men during WW1.
Frank Wilson is a 19 year old from Oamaru, New Zealand, who volunteers to fight in WW1. This is his story and it takes us from when the War breaks out through to the battle of Passchendaele in 1917. While it's fiction, it reads like it's true. It's very well researched and full of details that give you a strong sense of what it would have been like to serve at that time. I have read several very good books (and seen many films) set during WW1, but this is the first I've read that focuses on a New Zealander and this gave it an extra poignancy.
The book is written from Frank's point of view. The writing is a little workmanlike, which is particularly noticeable in the pre-War sections, but somehow this adds to the feeling that you are genuinely reading a memoir written at that time.
I have tossed up between three and four stars. I found this very readable and I think it will stick with me. I'm glad I read it, especially when the centenary of Passchendaele was so recent.
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