01772cam a2200349 4500 759440950 TxAuBib 20190301120000.0 190205s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780451469939 hbk. $18.99 0451469933 hbk. $18.99 (OCoLC)1085635266 NZLEP eng NZLEP IKG TXMAL T2D DPL UAB OJ4 TNH TxGR TxAuBib Berry, Julie, 1974-, author. Lovely War [Book] / Julie Berry. New York : Viking, 2019. 468 pages ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-466). The Greek goddess Aphrodite recounts two tales of tragic love during WWI to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: "Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another?" but her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music revealing that War is no match for the power of Love. 20190301. Aphrodite Greek deity Fiction. Romance fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction. Storytelling Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Racism United States History 20th century Fiction. Racism Europe History 20th century Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Magic realism (Literature.) RV8