No better time : a novel of the spirited women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion
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Author
Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780063307933, 0063307936
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 24 cm.
Status
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Fiction - New
FIC WILLIAMS
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FIC WILLIAMS
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Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063307933, 0063307936
Notes
Description
"In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Dorothy Thom, Spelman graduate, librarian and Francophile, joins the Women’s Army Corps wanting to do her part for the war effort. Longing for adventure, she has one question for the recruiter: 'Do you think I’ll get to go abroad?' As Dorothy and her sister WACs discover, life in the Army is an adventure filled with unexpected deprivations and culture shock. Women from all levels of society, secretaries, teachers, and sharecroppers, work together to navigate a military segregated by race and gender. At boot camp, the 'colored girls' are separated for processing. At Ft. Riley, the women’s barracks are rustic and heated by coal-burning pot-bellied stoves while German POWs spend their incarceration in buildings with central heat and hot water. In early 1945, Dorothy and eight hundred African American WACs cross the turbulent North Atlantic to their post in England. Their orders are to process the mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces. The women arrive to find mail stockpiled for over two years in warehouses and airplane hangars, many pieces in poor condition, the names illegible. In England and France, the WACs traverse a landscape of unimagined possibilities. With their outlooks changed forever, they return to the United States as the catalysts for change in America and build lives that transcend anything their ancestors ever dreamed of." --publisher's website
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Fiction - New | FIC WILLIAMS | Available |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Denville Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION WILLIAMS | Available |
East Hanover Library - Adult Fiction - New | FICTION WILLIAMS | Available |
Readington Township Library - Adult Fiction - New | WILLIAMS Sheila | Available |
Rockaway Township Library - Adult Fiction - New | FICTION WIL | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
United States. -- Army. -- Women's Army Corps -- Postal clerks -- Fiction.
United States. -- Army. -- Women's Army Corps. -- Central Postal Battalion, 6888th -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Participation, African American -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Participation, Female -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Postal service -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
United States. -- Army. -- Women's Army Corps -- Postal clerks -- Fiction.
United States. -- Army. -- Women's Army Corps. -- Central Postal Battalion, 6888th -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Participation, African American -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Participation, Female -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Postal service -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Williams, S. (2024). No better time: a novel of the spirited women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion (First edition.). Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Sheila. 2024. No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Sheila. No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Williams, Sheila. No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion First edition., Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024.
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