When the Lights Go on Again

Elaine West is a young girl growing up in Fresno, California in the wake of the Great Depression. While her family, like all families of the time, has struggled to make ends meet over the past few years, her life is generally happy and free from worry. Free, that is, until the attack on Hawaii''s Pearl Harbor plunges the United States suddenly and unexpectedly into a global war.

Now, the only thin...