Böcker av Camille Di Maio

A poignant and page-turning story of three women whose lives are forever changed by war.…New York City, 1943Can one small act change the course of a life?Margaret’s job at the Navy Yard brings her freedoms she never dared imagine, but she wants to do something more personal to help the war effort. Knitting socks for soldiers is a way to occupy her quiet nights and provide comfort to the boys abroad. But when a note she tucks inside one of her socks sparks a relationship with a long-distance pen pal, she finds herself drawn to a man she’s never even met.Can a woman hold on to her independence if she gives away her heart? Gladys has been waiting her whole life for the kinds of opportunities available to her now that so many men are fighting overseas. She’s not going to waste a single one. And she’s not going to let her two best friends waste them either. Then she meets someone who values her opinions as much as she likes giving them, and suddenly she is questioning everything she once held dear.Can an unwed mother survive on her own?Dottie is in a dire situation—she’s pregnant, her fiancé is off fighting the war, and if her parents find out about the baby, they’ll send her away and make her give up her child. Knitting helps take her mind off her uncertain future—until the worst happens and she must lean on her friends like never before.With their worlds changing in unimaginable ways, Margaret, Gladys, and Dottie will learn that the unbreakable bond of friendship between them is what matters most of all.

1958. When Kate Morgan's grandfather pleads cryptically that she "find the beautiful stranger," Kate jumps at the chance to get away from the family's failing San Francisco restaurant. Her search leads her to the Hotel del Coronado, where filming is underway for the movie Some Like It Hot, and she meets Marilyn Monroe. Offered a position at the hotel, Kate is sure the Coronado is her future. But the ghost of a woman who died in the hotel sixty years ago haunts the halls, and her life intertwines with Kate's--Adapted from back cover