The Art Student's War by Brad LeithauserYou will have seen this book on several Best of 2009 lists and on the Michigan Notable Books list for 2010. Detroit in WWII was a machine. Every factory was running day and night producing tanks & planes for the war. Bianca Paradiso, daughter of Italian immigrants, is an 18-year-old art student who is asked to draw "uplifiting" portraits of wounded soldiers. Despite family turmoil, Bianca is exploring her feelings for life, men, and work.
An evocative novel with insight into a young woman's innermost desires at a turning point in her life. The depiction of life in wartime Detroit is riveting (ha, ha).
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