Five Star Expressions - All or Nothing At All Review

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(More customer reviews)With World War II is almost over and the role of women will never be the same as they performed jobs that historically were male only. Three teens are not concerned with the changes the war fostered on their gender as they enter Bowling Green University as freshmen. Each dreams of the future with a man playing a prominent role so the feminist advances have not fully taken root.
Liz Chase fantasizes about the days when she and her boyfriend Alan, who attends Georgetown, marry and have children. Sara Johnson, everyone best pal, wants someone to love her forever, but soon will choose between men competing for her affection. Dottie Cook has a different attitude towards men as she can give as much, if not more, than she takes until she finds love for the first time.
Though the key cast feel like they came out of the late 1940s mold for teens, historical readers will appreciate the depth that Patricia Abbott provides to her insightful tale. The tidbits enhance a deep look at a pivotal moment with men returning from overseas expecting things to revert to the way they were while the women have had a taste of being Rosie the Riveter. The three female protagonists represent an in between generation while their male beaus from the basketball star to the Georgetown senior enable the audience to understand the confusion they face between a rising feminist movement and their romantic hopes for the future. Purposely typecast to bring out the era, ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL is a fine historical novel.
Harriet Klausner


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A watershed year, 1945 is an end and a beginning: the end of the largest and most profound war in human history; the beginning of an unprecedented period of growth for the United States and its emergence as a world leader; the beginning of the baby boom years; and, thanks to Rosie the Riveter, the seed of women's flight from the kitchen. Liz Chase, Dottie Cook and Sarah Johnson, college freshmen, are young and eager to be part of this new world. But none of them realize the snares that lay waiting for them in this new world, problems that women still face today, problems that are inherent in being a woman: The grand dilemma of love, children and careers.

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