War Brides QuestionnaireThe Works Of Alice Bateman |
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Hello, my name is Alice Catherine Bateman, and I am beginning to write a long-planned novel regarding the War Brides from the Second World War. I am putting out this world-wide call for stories about these women. They could be your mother, your aunt, etc, and what I need you to do for this important work of historical fiction and romance is to see that the following questionnaire gets into the proper hands, is filled in, and returned to me. The first chapter of this book will follow, so that you may know the tone of the story. The title is: Mary Rose O'Donnell, Love Under Fire, The War Brides. QUESTIONNAIRE:1. Were you, or was anyone in your family {mother, grandmother, aunt, great aunt, mother-in-law}, a War Bride during World War Two Y N If yes, please indicate if yourself, or what relationship, and if another, please pass this questionnaire along to the correct woman. ______________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. What town/city and country were you from? __________________________ 3. What country was your husband from? ______________________________ 4. What date did you leave for your new home? _________________________ 5. What ship or conveyance did you embark on? ________________________ 6. How did you feel, leaving your home for a new country? {excited, nervous, anxious, etc} ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 7. Did your new home live up to your expectations? Y N Please explain, if No: ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 8. Were there problems due to cultural or language differences? Y N If Yes, please explain: ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 9. Was there any resentment from your husband's family or friends because he married an 'outsider' instead of marrying a hometown girl? Y N If Yes, please explain: _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 10. When you met your future husband, was it Love at first sight? Y N Please elaborate: ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Please add anything you would like to, in your own words: __________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Please place your signature here, indicating that you give permission to me, Alice Catherine Bateman, the author of ANNE ELIZABETH LAFFERTY, Love Under Fire, The War Brides, permission to use part or all of your story in this book. It will be fictionalized, but I would like as many true to life details as possbile. If you would like me not to use your real name, please indicate this beside your signature.
Yes, I give this permission: Name {please print} Permission to use real name: Y N PLEASE CUT OR PRINT THIS OUT, FILL IT IN, AND REPLY TO:
or by regular mail to: Also, could each of you that I have sent this to, please send it to your own email contacts, print it or post it anywhere you can think of and have your kids hand out copies to their friends? Thanks, my friends. Alice |