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Preston-based author Johanna Winard has written a novel about the second world war which provides readers with a less than rosy account of the role of the US army in this country.
Reminiscent of the film Yanks, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ruby, who in 1942 is taken to a small village in Preston after the death of her mother. A few days after her arrival a group of black GIs take over a base nearby.
Winard remembers members of her own family passing on stories about the relationships between the black soldiers and the poor local working-class community.
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