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Nuala Calvi

Biography

Nuala Calvi

Nuala Calvi is the co-author of Sunday Times bestsellers THE SUGAR GIRLS and GI BRIDES. She also works as a journalist and has written for the BBC, CNN, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Express and Time Out guides.

Nuala Calvi

Books by Nuala Calvi

by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi - Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Love & Marriage, World History

The “friendly invasion” of Britain by over a million American G.I.s bewitched a generation of young women deprived of male company during the Second World War. The G.I.s easily conquered their hearts, leaving British boys fighting abroad green with envy. But for girls like Sylvia, Margaret, Gwendolyn and even the skeptical Rae, American soldiers offered an escape route from Blitz-ravaged Britain, an opportunity for a new life in affluent, modern America.