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This Is War: One Sailor’S True Story of Survival in the South Pacific During Wwii
This Is War: One Sailor’S True Story of Survival in the South Pacific During Wwii
This Is War: One Sailor’S True Story of Survival in the South Pacific During Wwii
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This Is War: One Sailor’S True Story of Survival in the South Pacific During Wwii

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Arcangelo Sonny Parisi grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, and as the eldest brother of eight siblings, he spent a lot of time protecting his family.

There were plenty of fights with bullies and the Irish police, but he didnt let that stop him from running the streets, stealing food, and seeking out adventure. From an early age, he learned to rely on himself and his Italian-American instincts for survival, which served him well when he was drafted into World War II and sent to the South Pacific.

Told by his granddaughter, this life story of a courageous sailor celebrates Parisis many achievements from surviving the Great Depression as a youth, to marrying the love of his life, serving his country, and later becoming a mechanic. His life story is proof that no matter how big or small the goal, determination achieves results, whether its fixing a car or surviving a war.

LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateAug 13, 2014
ISBN9781491734711
This Is War: One Sailor’S True Story of Survival in the South Pacific During Wwii
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Valeria Ann Carrano

Valeria Ann Carrano grew up in Madison, Connecticut, and always enjoyed listening to her grandfather’s stories about World War II. She is a cum laude graduate from Northeastern University with a dual degree in journalism and modern languages. She is the communications director for Exclusive Cruises, a yacht charter agency, and divides her time between Italy and the United States.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Not sure why I grabbed this one. Young girl dies; entitled country club folks tsk-tsk and then continue with their martinis; plucky girl gets determined to figure things out.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    The main reason I wanted to read this book was because I really enjoyed the Roecker's first book, The Liar Society. (They also write really hilarious blog posts, just FYI). I knew very little about the story but thought I would enjoy anything the two wrote. Unfortunately, I was wrong.The story begins with Willa's thoughts on death right before she drowns. The book is then divided into five parts, each told from the perspective of one of Willa's friends who have banned together to take down her killer. The Setting- Hawthorne Lake Country Club, a place where the rich can basically do whatever they want to whomever they want, no questions asked, no consequences. This was the first thing that bothered me. Money is not everything. You can't just throw money at people to make things go away. Especially when that "thing" is murder. The fact that all the characters were so easily paid off to keep quiet was beyond frustrating. Does no one at this club have any morals? Apparently not. The Characters- The story is broken up into five parts each focusing on a different one of Willa's friends, their secrets, and memories of the night she died. Neither Rose, Lina, Sloane or Madge were likable characters. They were all spoiled rich brats, disillusioned about the real world and very stereotypical. The worst was Sloane a.k.a. "the dumb one" whom often got annoyed with herself for being so dumb. Her part was definitely the hardest to tolerate. None of the girls had any self respect, which was hard to take. There isn't even a strong enough word to describe my disgust of the Gregory brothers, who were basically club royalty. Alcoholic, drug dealer, rapist, murderer, all of these words apply to at least one of the Gregory boys. Trip Gregory treated girls like objects, drugging them to "relax" them (practically knock them unconscious) and have sex. I wanted to vomit!! The thing is, most of the girls were dumb enough that they took the pill no questions asked! Seriously?!? I feel bad writing such a negative review, but I honestly didn't enjoy a single aspect of this story. If the points mentioned above don't make you want rip your hair out or throw up then go ahead and give it a try. I'm sure some people will like it. I'm also sure a lot of people won't.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I received an ARC from a GR giveaway.

    This was an enjoyable adventure story involving young girls growing into women, figuring out themselves and the world and what justice means, while also learning to define and redefine friendship.
    All is not what it seems, and there were a few nice surprises along the way.
    The climax was a bit weak, but overall, the 16-year-old in me liked this read.
    I particularly enjoyed the sections in Rose's and Sloane's points of view.
    3.5 stars.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    2.5 hearts

    This is W.A.R is a story about revenge and a mystery of who really did it. Willa has drowned been murdered and now her friends are out for revenge for the one who they blame and want justice. Family with money, gets away with murder. This is what got my attention, I am always up for a good revenge plot. Sadly, that isn’t what I really got.

    These are very different girls, who come together with a scheme of “revenge”. Rose is the daughter of the Country Club event planner, she is the shy one, and seemed to have a things for one of the suspects they have for Willa’s murder. Sloane is the girl trying to live up to what her parents expect her to be. Lina is the rebel of the group, she does everything she can to be different. And then ther is Madge, who is Willa’s step-sister. I believe she really care for her sister. All of these girls have their own secrets and their own reasons for wanting revenge against the Gregory boys.

    In this there are several different POV’s, each from the girls and their flashbacks and the present. The flashback did give some insight into the the events that lead up to the night that Willa drowned but I found myself scratching my head wondering why these girls acted the way they did. Where were their parents in all of this? This Country Club is one place that was filled secrets, people being paid off to keep quiet, to drugs being sold. There was talks of date rape drugs and the girls took them. And willingly. Yes willingly. There wasn’t much romance other than teenage lust. The plot of this moves at a slow speed and at times I was just waiting for somethings to happen. They planned “silly pranks” as part of the revenge plan to get the killer. They didn’t work very well, and I saying to myself, “Nail the killer already!”. There were some part that I enjoyed, like Willa’s flashback, and finding out who really did drown her. This is one of the things I liked and so I kept reading, I wanted to know if my hunch was right on who did it.

    Overall, this wasn’t a bad book, just not what I was expecting and looking for. I hope you’ll check out some other reviews. Predictable yes, but the mystery was pretty good. Fans of murder mysteries will enjoy it.

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