Winds of War: Herman Wouk

I loved this book! o would compare it to Gone with the Wind and The Thornbirds. The story follows each of the Henry family members in the years leading up to the US entering WWII. The classic line of the father saying his family had become like tumbleweeds comes when his family has not only grown up and moved away, but is falling apart. Both the parents have affairs and the daughter has an affair with her older employer. Mrs Henry and her daughter-in-law are both drawn to adventure and don't seem to hesitate on thinking to leave their husbands when more excitement comes along. Mrs Henry is constantly looking for the most successful man and seems to stay with her husband only because he s close to the president and gets promotions at the right time. Mr henry risks his life getting into situations in Germany, England, and Russia in trying to see how prepared the countries are and to report back to the president on the war happenings becoming a sort of war correspondent. The book intertwines the right amount of war action with family life to make it seem like you are actually following a family through the brink of war. As soon as the war starts the novel ends.