The Woman with a Purple Heart by Diane HanksMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Annie has made a career being a nurse for the U.S. Army and
has recently been transferred to Hickam Field in Oahu. Most personnel stationed in Hawaii are happy
to work in paradise, but Annie believes this is the Army’s way of telling her
to retire. She isn’t ready to retire, so
she put her all into her new position.
When the attack on December 7th leaves everyone scrambling,
Annie has a steady mind and a calm demeanor.
Annie thinks outside the box and finds assistance in some unusual
places, but afterward, her world is shaken again when a Japanese-American nurse
is arrested and separated from her two children. How will Annie react to the prejudice and
injustice that followed the attack?
The Woman with a Purple Heart is a historical fiction story that takes some hard historical topics and places them in a well-written tale. The chapters that include the attack are detailed without being gory and the events that follow are heart-rending and memorable. Readers will finish this story and know that America has made some terrible decisions in the name of liberty and must learn from these errors before we make them again.
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