![]() It’s a secret she feels she must keep from her boyfriend, who turns out to be the physician’s son. Not only is Brenda doing her best to support her sister and her fatherless nephews, but she is a teenager falling in love for the first time, an experience marred by the roving hands of a trusted physician. There are many stories to choose from, and my favourites were those of Brenda and Percy. ![]() Dodging the draft and feeling like a coward while Tom’s best friend faces war in the jungle is only one such truth, and Jocelyn explores other secrets surrounding the fellow students at the boarding school Jenny attends and those connected to them. While being drafted was the catalyst of the story, instead it was an examination of the truths people hide. ![]() I confess, I went into this book expecting something that it wasn’t, a piece of historical fiction examining the draft for the Vietnam War. Review: A full-length novel, What We Hide by Marthe Jocelyn reads more like a collection of short stories with a common theme, the secrets we keep to survive. Tom and his sister Jenn are sent to England to go to school, hiding far away from the reality of war, and in the process end up meeting several colourful characters at Jenny’s boarding school with secrets of their own to hide. ![]() Matt’s family encourages him to serve his country, while Tom’s family frantically searches for a loophole, finding one in the education clause. Summary: After receiving their draft notices to fight in the Vietnam War, Tom and his friend Matt take very different paths. ![]()
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