During a career at the University of Delaware as the Elias Ahuja Professor of French and a specialist of 19th-century French literature and culture, Mary Donaldson-Evans published several books, including Medical Examinations and Madame Bovary at the Movies. Following her retirement, she reinvented herself as the author of memoirs and short fiction. Her creative works have been published by The Lowestoft Chronicle, The Literary Hatchet, Boomer Lit Magazine and others. Inspired by the discovery of a trove of letters exchanged by her parents during World War II, Behind the Lines is her first book-length non-academic project.
My book, Behind the Lines, has been recognized as a 2022 Distinguished Favorite by the Independent Press Award. Get more details here.
Behind the Lines has been favorably reviewed by the prestigious Kirkus Reviews. Referring to the wartime correspondence that provided the impetus for the writing of this book, the reviewer writes: ........
I’m pleased to announce that Behind the Lines has been selected as a 2022 Distinguished Favorite by Independent Press Awards in the category “Military Nonfiction,” one of three to be selected in thi ........
During our 2017 pilgrimage to the battlefields of Emilia Romagna with the descendants of soldiers who fought in the 10th Mountain Division, my husband and I had the pleasure of meeting many Italians ........
The discovery, more than two decades after his death, of my father’s World War II correspondence with my mother, opened a window onto a past of which I had no conscious memory. Just eight months ol ........
It all started with a doll. My father may have souvenired weapons for friends when he returned from service in Italy in World War II, but for me, he had a doll. I knew nothing of war or fighting or ........
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