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Author:

Williams, Sheila (Sheila J.), author.

Title:

No better time : a novel of the spirited women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion / Sheila Williams.

Publisher:

Amistadan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

229 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States.--Central Postal Battalion, 6888th--Women's Army Corps.--Central Postal Battalion, 6888th--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Postal service--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

In early 1945, Dorothy and 800 African American WACs arrive at their post in England where they are tasked with processing mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces, and with their outlooks changed forever, return to the U.S. as the catalysts for change in America.

ISBN:

0063307936
9780063307933

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

SNPC104 -- Fairbank Public Library (Fairbank) — SNPC104

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)