Our granddaughter ordered The Candy Bombers sent to us because she knew we had served in WWII and had recently married when 1948 and the Berlin Blockade occurred. You certainly depicted the event and all of its trauma in a most interesting and readable style. It was such a frightening period in our lives. Thank you so much for finding all of the untold background for all of the happenings of the time. You have produced an outstanding and enjoyable book !!!
-- Mary Lou T.
Dear Ms. T.,
I really appreciate the note. One of the most moving parts of the tour has been to get to meet and talk to so many people who actually experienced and remember these events. As you say, it was a traumatic moment in our history that we have largely forgotten. At a reading I did last week in Scottsdale, we had two women who had caught candy from the "candy bombers," a Navy man who flew on the Airlift, and a man who had been in the German Luftwaffe then became a mechanic on the Airlift and now has lived in the United States since 1952. Just amazing stories!
-- Andrei