Until We Meet

Camille Di Maio

Mar 2022 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Stephanie Willing and Steve Quinn

About this audiobook

A poignant and page-turning story of three women whose lives are forever changed by war.…

New York City, 1943

Can one small act change the course of a life?Margaret’s job at the Navy Yard brings her freedoms she never dared imagine, but she wants to do something more personal to help the war effort. Knitting socks for soldiers is a way to occupy her quiet nights and provide comfort to the boys abroad. But when a note she tucks inside one of her socks sparks a relationship with a long-distance pen pal, she finds herself drawn to a man she’s never even met.

Can a woman hold on to her independence if she gives away her heart? Gladys has been waiting her whole life for the kinds of opportunities available to her now that so many men are fighting overseas. She’s not going to waste a single one. And she’s not going to let her two best friends waste them either. Then she meets someone who values her opinions as much as she likes giving them, and suddenly she is questioning everything she once held dear.

Can an unwed mother survive on her own?Dottie is in a dire situation—she’s pregnant, her fiancé is off fighting the war, and if her parents find out about the baby, they’ll send her away and make her give up her child. Knitting helps take her mind off her uncertain future—until the worst happens and she must lean on her friends like never before.

With their worlds changing in unimaginable ways, Margaret, Gladys, and Dottie will learn that the unbreakable bond of friendship between them is what matters most of all.

Ratings and reviews

This is a book about Margaret, Gladys, and Dottie working at the ship yard in Brooklyn and John, Tom and William fighting in the Army in WWII. Margaret is John's sister and Dottie is John's girlfriend and Gladys is their friend from work. In their spare time the girls decide to do something for the war effort and they start knitting sock for the soldiers. Then Margaret's brother asks Margaret to put a note in a sock for his friend William that doesn't receive mail from home. They begin writing to each other. The story is of young people, the war and how they handle tragedy and life events. It is about trust and truth and loyalty. Gladys is the most independent of all the girls but when she meets Oliver suddenly she has to take a look at her life and find out where her heart is. Dottie is engaged to John, but when she finds out she is pregnant and John is off fighting the war she is devastated and knitting socks helps keep her mind off the war. When the unthinkable tragedy hits she needs her friends even more. Margaret has freedom working at the shipyard. She enjoys her work and her freedom. When she starts writing to William she never thinks it will be more than a pen pal to a lonely soldier. Can letters spark a romance? I enjoyed reading the thoughts, and the fears of the boys overseas and the letters that were written to Margaret. I also enjoyed the friendship between the girls in the shipyard and how they all stood with each other when life happens. I really enjoyed reading this story, it was heartwarming and tragic. It was a different kind of war story and I really appreciated that. Sometimes it is good to read about the home front during the war and how those left behind are faring. I would recommend this book it makes for some good reading. Thanks to Camille Di Maio for writing a great story, to Forever Grand Central Publishing for Publishing it and to NetGalley for making it available to me.

About the author

Camille Di Maio left an award-winning real estate career to become a bestselling author. She has a bucket list that is never ending and uses her adventures to inspire her writing. She’s lived in Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and California, and spends enough time in Hawai‘i and Maine to feel like a local. She’s traveled to four continents (so far), and hopes to get to all of them someday. Camille studied political science in college. She loves to spend Saturdays at farmers’ markets and belts out Broadway tunes whenever the moment strikes. She lives with her husband of twenty-four years in coastal Virginia, has two kiddos grown and flown, and two still at home. Rescue pets have been a long-term passion for her, the most recent addition being a German shepherd puppy.