Good Night, Irene

Sometimes very hard to read, this was a really good book. I had to think of my grandfathers, one I knew, the other not, but both served in WWII. Respect to the first Antifa.

This historical novel about two women who drive a Red Cross Clubmobile donut-and-coffee truck on the front lines of World War II Europe took a while to get interesting. The main characters, Irene and Dorothy, read like stereotypes of 1940's fast-talking-dames. The sense of stereotype never quite goes away, but Irene and Dorothy do become a bit more real as the novel gets into the details of their service and their friendship starts to develop.

The end also seemed a bit “Hollywood” to me, but the fact that this was a World War II novel about the friendship and service of two women goes a long way.