A British Wife

The War Brides Act of 1945 allowed alien spouses, natural children, and adopted children of GIs to enter the U.S. as non-quota immigrants after World War II. After the war, 300,000 women married American servicemembers and immigrated to the United States. This novel is about the experiences of five war brides who followed their husbands to Bozeman, Montana. Adapting to the way of life in Montana was not easy in those days, but they persevered and built good lives there. While A British Wife is a novel, it is based on stories I heard from my British war bride mother and her friends. Most of the war brides have passed on now, but they contributed much to their adopted country in so many ways.