Diane Simmons: The Courtship of Eva Eldridge

The Courtship of Eva Eldridge is the true story of a young American farm woman who goes to work in one of the World War II shipyards. Here Eva is caught up in the unprecedented independence granted women. When the war is over, however, the moment of freedom ends and women are expected to return to the home.
But Eva can’t go back. As a result, she finds herself single in the marriage-obsessed 1950s, the perfect target for a serial bigamist, who travels the country, conducting whirlwind courtships with women whose lives were upended by the war.
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Diane Simmons holds a BA in History, an MA in Creative Writing and a Ph.D in Literature. Her articles and essays have been published widely; The Courtship of Eva Eldridge is her seventh book.

„Diane Simmons has brilliantly used a collection of never-before-seen World War II letters to tell a story that has all the twists of a true crime novel. At its heart, this is a poignant, extraordinary tale of a woman who married a man with a secret and troubling past.“
Andrew Carroll, editor of the New York Times bestseller War Letters