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Now faith is
the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen. - Hebrews 11:1
Our Girl
by Christy Bennett
ISBN - 0-9759941-4-X
Our Girl is a time capsule. Opening
it reveals memorabilia and relics of another era;
a flicker in time so unique in human experience,
books are still being written, stories still told,
movies and documentaries aired daily on the History
Channel, even a full sixty years past its glory.
Artfully combining fictional interactions and
dialog with historical facts, interlaced with
actual letters written by her grandfather to her
grandmother, Christy Bennett builds her story,
giving us an opportunity to remember life as it
once was–the honor, personal commitment,
loyalty, perseverance, devotion, self-discipline
and a willingness to self-sacrifice that were
the norm, rather than the exceptional,cultural
characteristics of the period of time before,
during and just after World War II.
More importantly, Our Girl is a
love story that assures us that true, pure, abiding
love can indeed happen to mere mortals, and that
otherwise ordinary people are more than capable
of
accomplishing extraordinary things.
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Read the article (below)about Christy
Bennett and Our Girl in the Tonawanda
News–Saturday, July 14, 2007.
PROFILE: North Tonawanda
Novelist Tells Grandparents Love Story
by Laura DeSantis
— Love stories like the ones in
the movies never happen in real life —
or do they? In Christy Bennett’s
book, "Our Girl" Bennett describes
her grandparents’ love story, which
began in Tonawanda and continued throughout
World War II mainly through letters. Bennett’s
grandfather, Arnold Gaeth, served as a
radio operator in the European Theatre
and wrote to his wife, Emily, for two
years while abroad. Bennett discovered
the letters during visits to Tonawanda
to see her family. The letters, numbering
more than 300, served as her inspiration
to write the book. "I have a fascination
with World War II," said Bennett.
“I have always loved history, but
it took me awhile to realize what I wanted
to do. There was this feeling I got when
I thought about (the letters) or when
my grandfather told me a story."
Bennett’s process
was more than just reading letters, though.
It took three years to research, write
the book and find a publisher. Since she
is also a full-time therapist, Bennett’s
time to work on the book was at 5 a.m.,
when she would get up and write while
listening to Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra.
"It was really a spiritual process,"
Bennett said. "My publisher said,
‘Oh my gosh, I feel like your grandmother
wrote this," and also for me, just
reading those letters I felt like I got
to know her."
Though much of the book
takes place in training camps around the
country and in Europe, Tonawanda is also
a centerpiece of the story. The Riviera
Theatre, Herschell Carrousel Factory and
Remington Rand are just a few of the local
landmarks mentioned in Bennett’s
book. After the long journey to write
and publish "Our Girl," Bennett
hopes her grandparents’ story will
inspire others as much as it inspired
her. “I kept thinking to whoever
was telling me to write this, if it gets
published, it would be unbelievable, but
what I really wanted was for my family
to learn.”
"Our Girl"
is available on Amazon.com under C. Bennett
and through the Faithful Publishing by
calling 1-888-860-5394
Copyright © 1999-2006 cnhi, inc.
Reprinted with permission
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384 pages 6X9 paperback
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