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02756aam a22003858i 4500 001 8552C508BB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240125010040 008 230501s2023 miu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023020632 020 $a 9798885792844 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 10 $a PS3619.A5269 $b W66 2023 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230501 100 1 $a Sanders, Joshunda, $e author. 245 10 $a Women of the post / $c Joshundra Sanders. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a [Farmington Hills] : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2023. 300 $a 521 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a Thorndike Press large print Black voices 520 $a "Inspired by true events, Women of the Post brings to life the heroines who proudly served in the all-Black battalion of the Women's Army Corps in WWII, finding purpose in their mission and lifelong friendship. 1944, New York City. Judy Washington is tired of having to work at the Bronx Slave Market, cleaning white women's houses for next to nothing. She dreams of a bigger life, but with her husband fighting overseas, it's up to her and her mother to earn enough for food and rent. When she's recruited to join the Women's Army Corps--offering a steady paycheck and the chance to see the world--Judy jumps at the opportunity. During training, Judy becomes fast friends with the other women in her unit--Stacy, Bernadette and Mary Alyce--who all come from different cities and circumstances. Under Second Officer Charity Adams's leadership, they receive orders to sort over one million pieces of mail in England, becoming the only unit of Black women to serve overseas during WWII. The women work diligently, knowing that they're reuniting soldiers with their loved ones through their letters. However, their work becomes personal when Mary Alyce discovers a backlogged letter addressed to Judy. Told through the alternating perspectives of Judy, Charity and Mary Alyce, Women of the Post is an unforgettable story of perseverance, female friendship and self-discovery"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Women's Army Corps $b Women's Army Corps $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Participation, Female $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Participation, African American $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 650 0 $a Lesbians $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Historical fiction. 650 0 $a War fiction. 830 0 $a Thorndike Press large print Black voices. 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011700.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8552C508BB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search