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 title of the book will be: 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: Yes No

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? Yes No

Please explain, if No:

8. Were there problems due to cultural or language differences? Yes No

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? Yes No

If Yes, please explain:

10. When you met your future husband, was it Love at first sight? Yes No

Please elaborate:

Please add anything you would like to, in your own words:

Please check the box to indicate that you give permission to me, Alice Catherine Bateman, the author of Mary Rose O'Donnell, Love Under Fire, The War Brides, permisson 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 possible. If you would like me not to use your real name, please indicate by checking the box that says that.

No, I don't want my name used in the book.

Yes, I give permission to use my name in the book:

Name: Maiden Name:

I may not be able to use each and every story in this novel, unless it becomes a series, but I will give each and every woman who responds to me a personal thank you in the book.

Also, could each of you that come across this page, please send it to some people, print it or post it anywhere you can think of and have your kids hand out copies to their friends?

Thanks, my friends.

Alice

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