The GI Bride

The GI Bride

<div>Discover the remarkable memoir by GI Bride and bestselling author Iris Jones Simantel. Iris had escaped the Blitz but now lived in crippling poverty after the war—until a chance meeting changed her life. Aged just 16, she fell in love and married US soldier Bob Irvine. And soon after she set sail for a new life in America. It was the 1950s, the land of hope, dreams, and Doris Day movies. But Iris ended up in a cramped Chicago bungalow, shared with Bob's parents. With a baby on the way and a husband turning daily into a stranger, Iris was wracked by homesickness. Trapped and desperately lonely, she had to make a fresh start, in a country where hope and opportunity thrived. In this dramatic sequel to the <I>Sunday Times</I> bestseller, <i>Far From the East End</i>, we follow young Iris Jones Simantel from London to New York, Chicago, and Las Vegas in her struggle to find work, love, and a sense of belonging in a foreign land.</div>