Lucy Sanna's The Cherry Harvest is a memorable coming-of-age story and love story, laced with suspense, which explores a hidden side of the home front during World War II, when German POWs were put to work in a Wisconsin farm community . . . with dark and unexpected consequences. In this recent piece from BookPage, Lucy describes how important physical setting is to her writing. Many of the settings in the novel stem from actual locations in Door County in Wisconsin, where Lucy spent a lot of time to develop that particular sense of place.
WWII historical fiction fans will really enjoy The Cherry Harvest for its unique perspective on middle-American during the war, where many farms were left short-handed when all the men went off to fight and German POWs were brought in to replace them as field workers.
Also some great news for WWII buffs, Lucy will be attending the American Library Association conference next week, and will be signing copies and speaking about her book along with two other WWII authors, Bruce Henderson and Meg Waite Clayton. Click here for more details and our full conference schedule.
We hope to see you there!
-Amanda