Bobbie Ann Mason has long been considered one of the finest writers of regional fiction ? Kentucky is her home and inspiration ? but her affecting new novel takes place in France, and she?s just as comfortable and insightful there. Based on the experiences of her late father-in-law, ?The Girl in the Blue Beret? describes the tense adventures of a U.S. airman shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944. What distinguishes the novel, though, is how tenderly Mason nests that World War II escape within the story of an airline pilot forced to retire in 1980.
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