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He Wrote Her Every Day: A true story of love & courage in WW2 Kindle Edition

by Mrs. Gail Lindenberg (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 164 ratings
A love story and true account of the Second World War. Perfect for fans of personal memoirs, military history and historical biographies.

Though I’m far away, my thoughts and love are always with you. Take good care of yourself for me, and I’ll do the same for you...

In 1944, James William Hendrickson, Jr. , a young munitions worker, received the devastating news that his fighter-pilot brother, Bill, had been shot down over Germany and taken as a prisoner-of-war.

Unable to sit idly by waiting, Jim was determined to enlist and bring Bill home.

But he would be leaving behind his beloved wife, Irene…

Like many war-time newlyweds, the separation was hard on the couple. But Jim made Irene a promise. He would write to her every single day while they were apart. And it was a promise he would keep.

Though Jim became increasingly disillusioned with Army life, and found himself in the middle of horrific battle scenes, his connection to Irene through the letters kept him alive.

Jim’s original letters to Irene, the author’s conversations with her mother, and a dramatic retelling of Jim’s army days, guided Gail Lindenberg to write He Wrote Her Every Day, which is above all a heart-warming love story, showing one man’s determination to survive the horrors of the Second World War in the hopes that he would be able to return home to the woman he loved.

‘Highly recommended’ - Allan Wilford Howerton, World War II veteran and the author of Dear Captain…
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Gail Lindenberg is the daughter of the main character in the book "He Wrote Her Every Day." Ms. Lindenberg has published English text books through Alpha-Omega Publications as well as items for Ballard & Tighe instructional and assessment material. A retired teacher, Ms. Lindenberg taught secondary classes in English, Literature, Journalism, Speech & Debate, and drama. She currently lives with her husband in Upland, CA where she enjoys a weekly Writer's Workshop in Claremont and other activities that keep her spirits lively.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KCL5GN9
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sapere Books (December 6, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.7 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 307 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1912786451
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Mrs. Gail Lindenberg

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Gail Lindenberg was born in Yuma, Arizona to Jim and Irene Hendrickson, the main characters in her debut novel, "He Wrote Her Every Day." For thirty-six years, she taught English, Journalism, Humanities, Speech & Debate and Drama. Her first teaching experience was at Estrella Junior High in Phoenix. When she and her family moved to California, she accepted a position at Nogales High in La Puente, where she taught for twenty-nine years.

Her first full-length book, an Indie publication, tells the story behind the letters her father wrote to her mother as a soldier in WWII.

Ms. Lindenberg, now retired from teaching, resides in Upland, CA with her husband Gene and their cat, Smudge-pot.

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Customers find the story touching and heartfelt. They describe it as an interesting read with well-written narratives that convey the love between a couple during World War II. Readers appreciate the author's insight and wisdom, finding the book well-researched and easy to understand.

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Customers enjoy the story's quality. They find it sweet and touching, a journey through the past via a soldier's letters to his wife. The book is well-researched and written, interspersed with events that happened and conversations imagined by the author. It's an interesting and worthwhile read that brings back memories.

"...You'll be intrigued by Jim's Army experiences, his romantic nature, and his dedication to his duty and his family...." Read more

"...This memoir is historically correct and a love story—a potent combination." Read more

"...The resulting book is part historical fact, imagined fiction based upon the letters, and a memoir of her time spent interviewing her mother about..." Read more

"...It is interspersed with events that happened and conversations imagined by the author, the soldier's daughter...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the heartfelt story. They find the letters and narrative convey the love of this couple and how they endured their separation during the war. The book transports them mentally and emotionally to another time, revealing the true love between a World War II soldier and his wife.

"HE WROTE HER EVERY DAY tugs at the heart - and it should...." Read more

"...In He Wrote Her Every Day, the reader is transported, mentally and emotionally, to another time...." Read more

"...The letters and narrative convey the love of this couple and how they endured their separation during the war...." Read more

"...The letters were compiled and the love story beautifully written by the daughter who interviewed the recipient, her mom, and researched the history..." Read more

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Customers find the book an enjoyable read.

"...That being said, I loved the book. I am a lover of history in the context of how people really lived...." Read more

"Really enjoyed the book. My husband served in USAF, and was in Thailand during Vietnam War throughout our entire courtship...." Read more

"This is a wonderful book that shows how actions can have an effect decades later, when the author and her mother go over, one by one, letters her..." Read more

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Customers find the book well-written and easy to read. They say it effectively immerses the reader in the life of the characters.

"...HE WROTE HER EVERY DAY is an easy read and I suspect you'll do what I did ... you'll read it again. ☺" Read more

"...It is very effective. The reader is skillfully brought into the life of a brave man and the wife that he has nicknamed, “Butch.”..." Read more

"...While the story was clearly researched and written well, the book would have benefited from more careful editing and formatting of the text...." Read more

"...The letters were compiled and the love story beautifully written by the daughter who interviewed the recipient, her mom, and researched the history..." Read more

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Customers find the memoir well-written and thought-provoking. They appreciate the well-researched historical information and how it transports them into the WWII era.

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"Takes you into the WWII era. This couple was of my folks' vintage which made it doubly interesting to me." Read more

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  • Maryann Watkins
    5.0 out of 5 stars A World War II love story and more!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2013
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    HE WROTE HER EVERY DAY tugs at the heart - and it should. Gail Lindenberg's parents were just two of thousands of couples separated during World War II and, many times, we forget to acknowledge that particular casualty of war.

    Disclaimer: I've known Gail for a very long time and knew about her father's letters. I also knew she was writing a book about those letters. What I didn't know is that she would so successfully weave her parents' love story through an actual history of World War II.

    Jim and Irene Hendrickson, married only a short time, were separated when Jim was drafted. HE WROTE HER EVERY DAY is a compilation of some of the letters he wrote his beloved wife as he fought his way through Europe. The author says, "I am reminded that my father tried to keep his two worlds entirely separate, while achieving the Army's objectives in a cold, efficient manner that belies the spirit of the man who writes his wife with such warmth and simple grace."

    In one letter, Jim ends a recap of his life like this: "That's about all there is except that I was finally drafted into the Army and am now across the pond from this girl who has made my life well worth living." Yes ... there's that warmth and simple grace.

    All the letters shared by the author speak of Jim's love for his young wife and his wish to be with her again. But some of those letters also speak to his experience as a solder: "One night I had to wade across a stream while we were attacking and for the next 24 hours I walked around with a bunch of ice in my shoes and my clothes frozen to above the knees." In most of the letters, however, Jim tried to spare Irene the details that would cause her to worry more than she already did.

    This World War II soldier also writes about the cost of the war as he nears the time he can go home: "Sure is nice to know that no more G.I.s will jump off again. Over 300,000 will not know that the war is over and it is one hell of a price to pay for peace."

    As Jim waits for the final orders that will send him home, readers will see his frustration - and exasperation - with the Army. It appears nobody really thought about how to get all those guys home so they had to wait and wait for transport! "If the Army would loan me a rowboat and a set of oars," Jim said, "I'd save them a lot of trouble and row back myself."

    HE WROTE HER EVERY DAY is well-researched. The author, after reading her father's letters, consulted maps, history books and World War II veterans to make sure the history is accurate. Since I'm a historian, that was important to me and I wasn't disappointed.

    You'll be intrigued by Jim's Army experiences, his romantic nature, and his dedication to his duty and his family. You'll ache as he did when his twins were born and he wasn't there to meet them. And you'll cheer him on as he makes his long way back home.

    HE WROTE HER EVERY DAY is an easy read and I suspect you'll do what I did ... you'll read it again. ☺
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  • Elizabeth Grandy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking memoir
    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2014
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    He Wrote Her Every Day is a well-written, touching, and thought-provoking memoir. The letters of Gail Lindenberg’s father offer a personal look at one of the most profound times in our history, World War II. Lindenberg allows the letters to drive the story, interspersing her own thoughts and observations. She uses creative license to describe scenes and feelings from her father’s perspective. It is very effective. The reader is skillfully brought into the life of a brave man and the wife that he has nicknamed, “Butch.” Lindenberg’s still sharp eighty-nine-year-old mother provides background details about that time of her life.

    In He Wrote Her Every Day, the reader is transported, mentally and emotionally, to another time. This memoir is historically correct and a love story—a potent combination.
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  • Deborah Sweeney
    4.0 out of 5 stars Memoir of a World War II soldier, told through his letters home and oral history
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2015
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    FULL DISCLOSURE: I was not asked to review this book and I purchased my own copy. I am interested in reading books about World War II which are based upon real letters since I have worked to transcribe and publish my own grandparents' letters as well.

    He Wrote Her Every Day is a tribute to James William Hendrickson, Jr., who served in the Army during World War II. Years later, author Gail Lindenberg received an old box containing her father’s letters from her widowed mother. The resulting book is part historical fact, imagined fiction based upon the letters, and a memoir of her time spent interviewing her mother about the war years. Lindenberg describes the letters in the book’s preface. ”Thin and fragile envelopes line up in regimented files within the brown box as though awaiting inspection. Each pale soldier, a sentinel of time past, stands at attention still.”

    The narrative is essentially told from three points of view: edited transcriptions of the letters, a retelling of the personal journey the author took while retrieving the letters and interviewing her mother, and a fictional (though well-researched) narrative that fleshes out the story between the letters and various oral histories of family members. Eventually, the transitions work seamlessly, but early on in the novel, some of the transitions are too jumpy, breaking the reader’s flow. The novel hits its stride in the second half, when the narrative focuses more on the letters and the fictional narrative. The memoir portions of the story are less intrusive or necessary to the events on the battlefield, and become mostly non-existent. The reader is also warned that the book does not contain every letter that PFC Hendrickson wrote during his deployment; the book’s title is somewhat misleading although images of all the letters can be found on the author’s website.

    The book is illustrated with a few photographs of PFC Hendrickson, but a future edition of the book would benefit from the inclusion of some graphics, visual aids, and organizational tools. To name a few examples: the book does not contain an index or a table of contents; it lacks charts of the Hendrickson or Ison families; and timelines of the war in Europe and Hendrickson’s involvement are not included. Within the narrative, several websites were referenced and the book would benefit from a complete bibliography of sources.

    Any self-published book has additional burdens placed upon it by its very nature. He Wrote Her Every Day is clearly a work dear to the author’s heart. This World War II story is familiar to many Americans, even if the names are different. While the story was clearly researched and written well, the book would have benefited from more careful editing and formatting of the text. Margins were not justified as one would find in a typical book. Minor punctuation errors, especially with quotation marks, occasionally left this reviewer re-reading passages trying to determine who the speaker was. Odd spaces occur at the bottom of pages, or within paragraphs.

    Despite (or in spite of) the non-traditional formatting of this book, the story between James W. Hendrickson and his wife, Irene, is the true heart of this book. The letters and narrative convey the love of this couple and how they endured their separation during the war. Anyone interested in the personal stories of World War II soldiers, in their own words, should enjoy this book. Additional resources beyond the book, including images of the actual letters, can be found at the author’s website: www.HeWroteHerEveryDay.com
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  • michelle early
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2014
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    I have a slight bias as this story is about my grandfather's sister. That being said, I loved the book. I am a lover of history in the context of how people really lived. I found this book to be a beautiful window into the lives of a young couple dealing with love and war. We all know the history of what happened in Germany in 1945... this story gives the human side that we rarely hear, without hollywood spin or modern context. As I read the book I kept thinking of how lucky the author was to have found the letters and luckier still that her mother was able to help her fill in the blanks. What a beautiful opportunity for a mother and daughter. As soon as my friend brings my copy back from her trip to Europe, I am going to read it again.
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  • Workshop
    5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied
    Reviewed in Canada on March 17, 2019
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    Good reading
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  • Tracey Vizer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A story of love across the continents during WW2
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2018
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    A lovely insight into one soldiers experience of being away from his home and family during WW2. This book shows the strength gained from hope and love in some of the darkest days of the 20th century. So beautifully written that you feel the pain of separation and live in hope of a safe return and happy ending.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars A father’s memorial
    Reviewed in Australia on April 25, 2019
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    Interesting read somewhat like constructing a jigsaw puzzle. The book comprises of actual letters which are written home during and after the Second World War. These letters from a soldier to his wife are an a optional and moving basis for this book.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Book review
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2019
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    What a totally brilliant book. It was full of love, and also extremely thought provoking. It was amazing that Jim managed to write a letter every day and those letters still exist.
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  • polly liz
    3.0 out of 5 stars He wrote to her every day
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2019
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    I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS BOOK AS SO REPETITIVE AND TO ME NOT VERY INTERSTING ALTHOUGH I DID admire the couple concerned
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