Four Freedoms A Novel Author:John Crowley In the early years of the 1940s, as the nation's young men ship off to combat, a city springs up, seemingly overnight in the fields of Oklahoma: the Van Damme airplane factory, a gargantuan complex dedicated to the construction of the necessary machinery of warfare. Laborersmostly womenflock to this place, enticed by the opportunity ... more »to be something more than wife and homemaker. For Vi, fleeing a dying ranch; for Connie, following an unfaithful husband; for Diane, leaving behind the hot music and soldier boys to pursue something different, adult, and real; their journeys will be liberating in ways they couldn't previously imagine, and it will lead each of them to Prosper Olanderdisabled artist, forger, friend, lover, and the true heart and soul of the temporary citywho will change their lives in profound and unexpected ways.« less