A review by soobooksalot
Bluebird by Genevieve Graham

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5.0

Genevieve Graham's newest has taken the top spot of favourites among hers.
 Which is saying something, as all her books are so noteworthy. 
 But Bluebird is a standout.
 Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada and Netgalley for my eARC for review.
 Adele Savard is a nurse on the frontlines of World War I in Belgium. It's there that she meets Jerry, a wounded soldier who works his with his brother as a tunneller. They literally dug beneath the trenches for attacks on the Germans. 
 Once home, each finds their own struggles of re-entering society in Windsor, Ontario. The height of prohibition sees Jerry and brother John start up Bailey Brothers' Best Whisky, and the danger that exists in the world of rum-running.
 The stories are told in alternating chapters between Adele, Jerry, and present-day Cassie; a museum curator who happens upon a stash of the brother's bottles and investigates the history. 
 As with all of Genevieve's books, she brings alive elements of our past that I was previously unaware of, with an undercurrent of romance.
 Depicting the realities of war on the perhaps little-known nursing experience elevated this read to an easy five-stars for me.
 Recommended!
 For release on April 5. 

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