No better time : a novel of the spirited women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion / Sheila Williams.
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.
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- ISBN: 9780063307933 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 229 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Willi | 31681010362408 | FICTION | Available | - |
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