Overview

""Somewhere In the South Pacific"" is the story of John and Lucia de Roxtro, newlyweds, separated by the Second World War, as told in their letters and journals. Johnny was a Seabee with the 15th Naval Construction Battalion stationed on islands in the South Pacific. As all information was highly secret, all Johnny could do to inform his wife about his location was to write the word ""Somewhere"" under the date of each letter. Lucia knew nothing about where he was or if he was safe. She waited anxiously for the mailman each day while Johnny yearned for news from home which was spotty, depending on whether or not the mail could get through. A baby girl was born shortly after Johnny's enlistment. He didn't get to see is daughter for over 2 years. Lucia did her best to send many photos while Jackie was growing up. ""Somewhere"" is the story of a small town middle-class Italian-American family with great grandparents, a widowed and working Grandmother, and a family that held strongly together and who supported one another through the crisis of war.

Full Product Details

9780578936925

Table of Contents

Reviews

The story made me feel like one of the family coping with being separated from the people you love in a world where the best you can hope for is a few handwritten paragraphs. Somewhere In The South Pacific is a rich mosaic of letters, photos, historical facts, longing, love, fear, and secrecy during a time of total war. Somewhere combines the events of WW2 in the Pacific with the love story of Johnny and Lucia de Roxtro. The loving manner in which this story is written caused me to feel as if I knew this family. Somewhere is an enlightening, and moving depiction of what World War 2 was like as viewed from the perspective of a sailor stationed in the South Pacific who is living it, knowing every day that it might be his last but never missing an opportunity to keep his family both comforted and informed. Somewhere shows clearly that while the ravages of war can be horrendous, both physically and emotionally, true love indeed has the power to overcome and thus conquer them.

Author Information

Leina'ala is a multi-media fine artist concentrating in oils. She holds degrees in Accounting and Taxation from Fairleigh Dickinson and Seton Hall Universities, respectively. She also holds an Associate Degree in Fine Art from County College of Morris, having graduated summa cum laude and she is a member of Phi Theta Kappa. She is ordained as an interfaith minister by the All Faiths Seminary in New York City. She was a certified personal fitness trainer for 20 years, assisting clients with fitness goals as a means of finding their self-truths and personal affirmations. She is a pianist, songwriter, actor, spiritualist, and all around good storyteller.Leina'ala is passionate about family history and genealogy and knowing who we are and where we come from. She is the family historian and passes down family stories told to her by her grandmother.She lives in Mendham, New Jersey, with her husband Michael Schwartz, whom she first met in kindergarten.Somewhere is her first book.

Tab Content 6

Countries Available