BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Under a War-Torn Sky with L. M. Elliott BEGIN:VEVENT UID:367262026-09-10 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260910 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260911 LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes Delaware 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=111 Adams Avenue\nLewes Del aware 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=111 Adams Avenue:geo:38.767089,-75.1 40999 GEO:38.767089;-75.140999 SUMMARY:Under a War-Torn Sky with L. M. Elliott CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 25th anniversary of her best-selling\,\na ward-winning Under a War-Torn Sky\, author L. M. Elliott will talk\nabout the American airmen of World War II and the resistance workers\nand compas sionate citizens who dared help them.  Before\nD-day—before American so ldiers could rush Normandy and begin the\nbloody trek to liberate Europe o f Hitler—there were flyboys. Bomber\ncrews who flew raids over Nazi-occu pied Belgium\, Netherlands\, and\nFrance then into Germany’s Third Reich \, shot at for hundreds of\nmiles by anti-aircraft cannon on the ground an d Luftwaffe fighters in\nthe sky. Their mission: to drop bombs on munition plants\, tank and\nplane factories to weaken Hitler’s war machine befor e other American\nboys had to storm those fortressed beaches. Elliott’s father was one\nof those American airmen saved by the French—a young man who lived\nto come home\, fall in love\, get married\, and have children and\ngrandchildren. She’ll share a few moving moments from her recent\nt rip to France\, retracing her protagonist and her father’s escape\npaths \, thanking and talking with French people—who remember and\ncelebrate o ur life-or-death alliance.  Elliott was an award-winning\nmagazine journa list before becoming a New York Times bestselling\nauthor of historical an d biographical novels. Under a War-torn Sky is\nthe first of 14 works\, wh ich include a sequel\, A Troubled Peace and a\nhome-front companion Across a War-tossed Sea. Her books have been\nhonored with the Scott O’Dell\, VLA Cardinal Cup\, and Grateful\nAmerican prizes for historical fiction\; been named NCSS Notables\, PBS\nCompanion Reads\, Bank St. College of Educ ation Bests\, Kirkus Bests\,\nand finalists for nine state literature awar ds.  NOTE: this session\nis available to attend in-person or through Zoom . You MUST REGISTER\nand indicate which you prefer. Venue: Lewes Public Li brary.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of h er best-selling\, award-winning Under a War-Torn Sky\, author L. M. Elliot t will talk about the American airmen of World War II and the resistance w orkers and compassionate citizens who dared help them. \; Before D-day &mdash\;before American soldiers could rush Normandy and begin the bloody trek to liberate Europe of Hitler&mdash\;there were flyboys. Bomber crews who flew raids over Nazi-occupied Belgium\, Netherlands\, and France then into Germany&rsquo\;s Third Reich\, shot at for hundreds of miles by anti- aircraft cannon on the ground and Luftwaffe fighters in the sky. Their mis sion: to drop bombs on munition plants\, tank and plane factories to weake n Hitler&rsquo\;s war machine before other American boys had to storm thos e fortressed beaches. Elliott&rsquo\;s father was one of those American ai rmen saved by the French&mdash\;a young man who lived to come home\, fall in love\, get married\, and have children and grandchildren. She&rsquo\;ll share a few moving moments from her recent trip to France\, retracing her protagonist and her father&rsquo\;s escape paths\, thanking and talking w ith French people&mdash\;who remember and celebrate our life-or-death alli ance. \; Elliott was an award-winning magazine journalist before becom ing a New York Times bestselling author of historical and biographical nov els. Under a War-torn Sky is the first of 14 works\, which include a seque l\, A Troubled Peace and a home-front companion Across a War-tossed Sea. H er books have been honored with the Scott O&rsquo\;Dell\, VLA Cardinal Cup \, and Grateful American prizes for historical fiction\; been named NCSS N otables\, PBS Companion Reads\, Bank St. College of Education Bests\, Kirk us Bests\, and finalists for nine state literature awards. \; NOTE: th is session is available to attend in-person or through Zoom. You MUST REGI STER and indicate which you prefer. Venue: Lewes Public Library.

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