Words of My Roaring
, by Finney, Ernest J.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780520216389 | 0520216385
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/1/1998
Set in a small town south of San Francisco during World War II,Words of My Roaringis a compelling picture of the confusions, the dislocations, and the brutality of war as they affect the home front. The novel recreates a neighborhood in San Bruno and connects it to San Francisco and the larger stage of the war. Tanforan racetrack, first an assembly camp for Japanese Americans awaiting internment, becomes a naval training base for Pacific-bound recruits. The elementary school becomes a USO, and air-raid drills and blackouts are routine as California prepares for an expected Japanese invasion. We see these events through the eyes of a novice teacher, an abandoned boy, two young girls whose mother works in the shipyards and whose father enlists in the Army, and a sailor scarred by his months in the war zone.Words of My Roaringis a richly textured, emotionally charged novel about the unlikely sources of human redemption.