Flower of Iowa

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Gold Winner -- Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award (War & Military Fiction) and IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award (Fiction: Romance)Silver Winner -- IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award (LGBTQ)Bronze Medal -- Independent Publisher Book Award (Military/Wartime Fiction)Finalist -- Lambda Literary Award (Gay Romance)
Lance Ringel's Flower of Iowa is a sprawling…

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Stephanie Cowell

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Like so many marvelous novels, this one has traveled through the underground of the fiction world too little known, despite catching many awards and the intense praise of people such as Stephen Fry.

It is set in France during the final bloody months of World War I and features an unexpected love affair between two ordinary young soldiers, Australian and American. What is amazing is that the author is such a vivid, meticulous historian, such a fine military researcher, and yet can write so intimately.

I became so involved with Tommy and David. Will they survive the last months of…

From Stephanie's list on cherished historical LGBTQ love stories on my shelf.