The Good War - Paperback

by Elizabeth Costello (Author)

In 1948, Louise Galle, a chemist and former Rosie-the-Riveter, is pursued by a wounded veteran who, with her deceased husband, was a prisoner in the Philippines during World War II. In New York City in 1964, Louise's daughter Charlotte falls for the butch next door and receives an undeniable call to make art. The Good War unfolds over the course of watershed summers in the lives of two very different women who share a desire to make it new even as they reckon with painful truths. Atmospheric, lyrical, and psychologically astute, The Good War is for anyone who knows that there is always more to the story of what America was and is.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Costello has lived in Turkey, Spain, Mexico, France, and in several American cities. Her previous publications include the poetry chapbook RELIC and her collaborators include dancers, poets, and musicians. The Good War is her debut novel.