Grace and Eliza know that there is no room for error they must be more perfect than everyone else. For two northern women, learning to navigate their way through the segregated army may be tougher than boot camp. Not only will they be among the first class of female officers the army has even seen, they are also the first Black women allowed to serve.Īs these courageous women help to form the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, they are dealing with more than just army bureaucracy-everyone is determined to see this experiment fail. Grace Steele and Eliza Jones may be from completely different backgrounds, but when it comes to the army, specifically the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), they are both starting from the same level. The idea was amazing but the actual execution of the story let me down. This historical fiction novel just released today and I was interested because it featured two Black women from New York City and their war story - something I haven't encountered before in my (very white) WWII reading. That was part of why I was so excited when I heard about Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms. I love that there are still new stories to be told and from different perspectives.
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