YOUR KIDS AND MINE

by Joe E. Brown ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 19, 1944

Sure fire -- because here is the book people will take to their hearts as they did ""This Is Your War"". Joe E. Brown has made it ""your war"" -- with his ""Your Kids and Mine"" By writing out of his all-embracing love for the boys who are fighting it. His own son is killed; he finds healing in giving what he has to give -- laughter -- to other people's sons. No front is too remote, no outpost too unattainable, no group too large or too small, no hospital ward too gruesome, no weather too hot or too cold or too wet, if Joe's gift is needed and asked for. No refused only once -- he didn't think the brass hats and the crowned heads needed him in Cairo. He thought India and China needed him more. This is a formless ramshackle sort of book, made up of the bits and pieces of his experience, and tears and laughter are close companions throughout. Sentimental -- of course, but aren't there times when that is what is needed. And he is realistic and hard-headed, too -- and makes no bones of straight-from-the-shoulder criticism of the easy chair strategists and the cushioned complainants at home. A winning book -- which carries a message to readers who might miss it elsewhere, through the personal story of a good trouper.

Pub Date: Oct. 19, 1944

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1944

Categories: NONFICTION