THE OCCUPIERS

by Julia Edwards ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 30, 1967

When Kate Deming puts in her appearance in Frankfurt to report on occupied Germany, her male colleagues swipe veteran Nora's trophy and present, her with it and the encomium, ""meanest bitch in the theater."" By the time she decides to go home a few years later, she has almost earned it. Kate learns about sex from, Steve, the guy. who got her there, who bears the burdens of loving four women--his wife, a German, Nora, herself; when she opts out, Nora gets him. Then there is muy macho Mike, a chicken colonel who is too chicken not-to do his duty and go home to his wife and family and absolve guilt. After this softening up process, there is Kurt, in a more casual affair that has less casual consequences. Finally, knocked about as well as up Kate decides to go home, with the thought that ""thirty, is old for a girl, but thirty-one is young for a woman."" Throughout all this it is evident that newspaper accreditation (the author, like her heroine, spent the occupation in Germany as a reporter) does not necessarily extend to novel writing. Pulpable fiction.

Pub Date: April 30, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Fleet

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION