The TBR pile grows again!
Hello! I’m Laura Lynn Ashworth, author of the newly released book, Letters to Loretta from the Radio Shack: A True WWII Teenage Love Story. I have been invited as a guest blogger, an opportunity which I appreciate.
Letters to Loretta from the Radio Shack is a story of two teens, one named Sal, who is on a minesweeper in the Pacific during WWII working out of the radio shack (communications office) deciphering code. His friend, Loretta, is a 15-year girl from his neighborhood in Chicago. They exchange approximately 170 letters over the period of 1943-1945, during the final terrifying and climatic years of WWII. Readers get to experience, in real time, what it is like to be at sea during the D-Day and the Battle of Okinawa and what it is like being a teenage girl, juggling jobs and trying to enjoy all that Chicago had to offer back in the ‘40s. The two talk about their budding relationship, family, friends, politics, etc., with frankness and a great deal of humor. Not many WWII non-fiction books will get you to laugh as much as this one, all while drawing you into romantic twists and turns.
The question I will pose to the followers of this blog, is this. Do you think men love differently than women? My thoughts have changed on this over time, but now I have come to the conclusion that men make up their minds very quickly about the woman that is right for them, typically based on some physical aspect of the woman…such as her hair, face or figure. Women, I feel, love easily, but evaluate men more on their resources, whether they be internal, such as intelligence and strength, or external, such as financial resources or social status.
Let me know what you think, especially after you read Letters to Loretta from the Radio Shack, in which you can see how the romantic relationship grows between Sal and Loretta and why. You can order a signed copy of my book on my website at www.lauralynnashowrth.com or go to Amazon or Barnes & Noble, or any estore for an unsigned copy.
Thank you for letting me visit with you for a while. It was my pleasure!
Laura Lynn Ashworth Bio:
Laura Lynn Ashworth is an award-winning copywriter and political cartoonist. While helping an elderly family member with Veterans Administration paperwork, she ran across “the letters” and instantly knew of their rarity, freshness and historical significance. Although she received three publishing contracts within two months of sending the letters to major publishers, Ashworth decided to publish them herself on the advice of best-selling authors. She currently lives and works in a northwest suburb of Chicago.
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Website http://www.lauralynnashworth.com/
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Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9845683.Laura_Lynn_Ashworth?from_search=true
Letters to Loretta From the Radio Shack bcc:
Read the rare and recently discovered real time letters between Sal, age 19, and Loretta, age 15, during the final terrifying three years of World War II, 1943-1945. Both from the Douglas Park neighborhood in Chicago, the two adolescents discuss with humor and candor, the Navy, war, politics, hit music, life back home and their relationship. Sal nicknamed Slabby for his movie star good looks, deciphers code out of the Navy’s radio shack on a minesweeper in the Pacific. Loretta monikered Duchess for her aloofness, lives with aunts and her widowed father, while holding day jobs and enjoying an active social life with friends. Letters to Loretta from the Radio Shack lets you experience World War II, both in battle and on the home front, through the eyes of adolescents in a way that Hollywood has never portrayed.
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January 5
Book reviewed at Rainy Day Reviews
January 6
Book featured at 3 Partners in Shopping
January 7
Book reviewed at Reviews From the Heart
January 8
Guest blogging at What is That Book About
January 9
Book featured at The Dark Phantom
January 12
Interviewed at Review From Here
January 14
Interviewed at The Writer’s Life
January 15
Interviewed and Guest blogging at Carpe Librum
January 19
Interviewed at Literal Exposure
January 20
Book featured at I’m Shelf-ish
January 22
Guest blogging at Bent Over Bookwords
January 23
Book featured at The Literary Nook
January 26
Book reviewed at Navy Wife, Navy Life
January 27
Interviewed at Niume
January 28
Book reviewed at Manners and Mayhem
January 29
Book featured at The Revolving Bookshelf
January 30
Guest blogging at Becky on Books…and Quilts
Caffeine addict, boy referee, and romance aficionado, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Harte has over 100 books published with more constantly on the way. 
