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Original Title:	Lizzie's War (Plus)
ISBN:	006083448X (ISBN13: 9780060834487)
Edition Language:	English

Lizzie's War

Tim Farrington

Paperback | Pages: 400 pages

Rating: 3.82 | 461 Users | 71 Reviews

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Title	:	Lizzie's War
Author	:	Tim Farrington
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	May 2nd 2006 by HarperOne (first published 2005)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Family

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A family epic laced with authenticity, wit and unforgettable characters. Liz O'Reilly has a husband in Vietnam, 4 kids under the age of 12 (and one on the way), and a burgeoning crush on the family priest. An unconventional love story.

It's Summer 1967 and Mike O'Reilly's just shipped out to Vietnam. Liz O'Reilly is trying to keep it all together for their four kids – 6 year old Deb–Deb (who believes she is an otter), 8 year old Angus, Kathie, (who at age 9 helps to integrate the local Blue Bird troop with her best friend Temperance), and 11 year old Danny – the spitting image of Mike. While Mike is off fighting "his" war, Liz struggles with her own desires and yearnings – to pick up the theatre career she abandoned when Danny was born, to care for the four children she loves fiercely yet also occasionally resents, to leave the backdoor unlocked so she always has an escape route.

While set during the conflict in Vietnam, Farrington's novel captures the other side of any war – that of the war at home and the careening emotions of the spouses and families left behind.

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Ratings: 3.82 From 461 Users | 71 Reviews

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This lovely book is all about war. The most literal battles in it are waged by a seasoned officer in various harrowing scenarios in Vietnam, but there are also the spiritual battles of a Catholic priest with his calling, his own war history, and his attraction to a lonely parishioner. Most centrally, though, it's about the battle of tough-minded Lizzie to keep herself, her children, and other families around her from falling apart while their husbands are deployed, and sometimes even after they

Of course it's fiction, but it's the transcendent human condition with a family, a church, a nation at war in Vietnam, birth & death & conflicts & sorrow & joy & redemption. Love this author!

It was so interesting to see how Liz and Mike experienced the Vietnam War, her as a wife at home, and him as a soldier. I also noted how the children reacted to it.

A Motherly PerspectiveRarely is a book written regarding the upheaval of life of a soldier's wife. Maintaining a household was not the norm for women during the Vietnam era, even though women were beginning to break the rules. The dreaded double Marine knock on the door, delivering the unspeakable. The conceptual religion bringing no peace. The book gives the reader a year in the life of Lizzie during the 60s, a tumultuous time in and of itself.

Refreshingly honest and shockingly perceptive as to the insights of some of the emotions that surround a deployment. It crosses the generational gap fom Vietnam to present as it shows the challenges that military spouse's face.-- Tiffany M.

Tim Farringtons 2005 novel, Lizzies War, opens with a helluva first line: Detroit was burning. I was immediately pulled in to this story of two wars. Taking place between July 1967 and Labor Day 1968, the novel is reflective of the period. At home, riots are burning the country and in Vietnam, men are dying at an alarming rate in an unpopular war in an unforgiving country.Captain Michael OReilly, USMC, has shipped out for Da Nang. His wife, Liz, is on her way to her parents with their four kids

I really enjoyed this book, nice insight into experience of a military family, good pace.