Ticket Home

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Summary: Outstanding book like all the rest.
Review: I have read everyone of James Michael Pratts books and have loved everyone of them. I love the romance between the people in every book. This one touched me and I think I cried almost through the whole book like I do with all of them. Paradise Bay was the same way. I enjoy Mr. Pratts work and will continue reading as long as he writes.

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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: This book had all the ingredients of a good story well told. I found it to be neither. The writing is clumbsy and the characters are cliche's, and so is the plot. The "BIG Secret" isn't at all hard to figure out. Let's see we have identical twins in love with the same girl who go off to war and only one comes home...I bet you can figure out the big secret just from that syopsis.

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Summary: Ticket Home
Review: Ticket Home is one of the best books that I have read. The author, James Pratt, plots out the story extremely well. This book is a mixture of romance and action. The book takes place during the rise of World War Two in the fight against Hitler and the Japanese. The main characters are two twin brothers who are very alike in appearance but even more different in personalities. They both work with their father at their family owned train station.
One of the most important events in this book is when these two brothers fall in love with the same woman. When one of the boys actually takes the girl's hand in marriage the other feels betrayed and torn because his love for the girl was immense. Right after the wedding the boys (who have joined the Mexican National Guard) are sent away to the Philippines. It is while they are there that America joins into the war because of Pearl Harbor. The brothers are thrown into a fight that will change their lives forever.
Although the war helps the broken hearted brother get rid of his anger it also takes away his innocence and it eats away at his naturally kind heart. The war does however bring the brothers close together and many times they save each others lives. For the first time in their lives they see what war actually is and they suffer together as they strive to survive.
This book is a book of sadness. It uncovers the pain of war and also the pain of losing someone that you love. It covers things that all mankind suffers with. We have all been betrayed at one time or other by someone we think we can trust. We have all gone through the trials of love. Most importantly though we must all realize that in these dark times are lessons of life that we must learn. Learn from the mistakes of the past. Learn to forgive and not to fight. These are the things that war tends to teach.
This book is excellent and very thought provoking. I hope that I have inspired someone to read it. The lessons packed inside of it are something that nobody should want to miss.