What a fabulous book! Thank you to the author Catherine Grace Katz and Houghton, Mifflin and Harcourt for the Advanced Reader Copy!!! Ms. Katz does a great job telling the story of Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman who were chosen to accompany their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945 when the heads of state sat with Joseph Stalin to determine the reorganization of Germany and eastern Europe. The women were instrumental in their roles as confidants, hostesses, and worker bees during these world-altering discussions. More books like this are needed to tell the stories of the women that truly made history.

The Daughters of Yalta is a brilliant book, bringing to life the minutiae of a historic conference through the eyes of three unlikely participants. These three were Sarah Churchill, Prime Minister Winston's daughter, who accompanied him, Anna Roosevelt, FDR's daughter, who watched over her ailing father who survived little more than two months after the conference, and finally Kathleen Harriman, daughter of the US ambassador to the Soviet Union, Averell Harriman, one of the richest men in the world, heir to one of the great railroad fortunes.

It was an amazing journey to take with the world still at war and for Roosevelt a very difficult journey to make and not be at full strength when dealing with the wily Stalin. The site of the conference was an old Imperial Russian palace in great disrepair among the ruins that the Germans had made of Crimea. The lush banquets the Soviets offered as a show of pride sharply contrasted with the desolation all around and the fear the populace had of the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB. Indeed, the palace was so bare that bathrooms were in short supply.

The whole background of the conference participants is fascinating. Their history and their connections are written about in such a manner that their stories come to life as those of individuals, not merely historical figures.

Nevertheless, the shortcomings of the conference are spelled out. With the Soviet army already holding Poland and the other East European countries, there was little hope of dislodging them short of all out war. Roosevelt believed as many as two million American troops would perish in an invasion of the Japanese homelands without the Soviet army's help. No one knew at the time if the Manhattan Project would prove successful. And, there was no mention of the Holocaust at all despite the evidence now being undeniable. The conference that set up the postwar world paved the way for decades of the Cold War.

All in all, a fantastic story about history that is unforgettable in its breadth and scope.

THE DAUGHTERS OF YALTA by Catherine Grace Katz is based on actual events surrounding the WWII conference at Yalta. Katz cleverly weaves historical happenings around the actions and background of three young women: Sarah Churchill, Anna Roosevelt, and Kathleen Lanier Harriman Mortimer. Each, of course, has a very famous father and the text also explores those relationships as well as social mores and expectations of the time. It is a fascinating glimpse "behind the scenes" at a significant international conference between leaders at the end of WWII as well as the personal lives of those involved. THE DAUGHTERS OF YALTA received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. You, too, can "meet" the author virtually on Thursday, Feb. 18 at a program sponsored by The Wilmette Public Library and The Bookstall. There are more details available here:
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A fresh perspective on a very historical summit in 1945. Few daughters are called upon to act as aids to their powerful fathers and Sarah Churchill and Anna Roosevelt with Kathleen Harriman do just that. They bring a very personal and young glimpse into this summit. The mouse and cat games of protecting their fathers, interacting with political giants while being in a war torn palace in the Crimean Peninsula reads like a who done it.
Rich in history not only in the physical surroundings like the Livadia Palace but in what went on between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. These women show the reader what it was like to live during that time and how they coped and yet lived was truly worth the read.
Thanks to Net Galley where I was fortunate to receive an advanced copy in return for my review.

I also read The Daughter of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War* by Catherine Grace Katz. I am endlessly fascinated by the World War II years and this is an episode I knew little about. The book covers the Yalta conference in 1945. All three of the leaders mentioned in the title were accompanied by their daughters. I was interested to read about the men through their daughter’s eyes, and this book did that, but it also provided a clear and informative picture of what went into this conference and what was at stake. While obviously, the politics of the time were the focus of the book, it was very interesting to read extracts from the letters and diaries of the daughters since they provided a more personal view of what went into preparing for the conference and the interactions of the people involved. I was particularly interested in Churchill’s and Harriman’s daughters and would like to read more about them.

The book follows the events of the Yalta Conference in 1945 and the Big Three (Stalin, FDR, and Churchill) who met as WWII was coming to an end. The book is of three women--Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Katherine Harriman (daughter of Averell Harriman, US ambassador to the Soviet Union). Each woman played a pivotal role in aiding their respective fathers: care, translation, and companionship. This is an interesting insight into the father-daughter relationships with three powerful and familiar leaders. The book was dense and packed with a lot of information and anecdotes; however, there were instances where the description of an event or setting veered off-course of the narrative where there may not have necessarily been much value of that information. Overall, it was an interesting and informative read that provided insight into the personal lives of these men and their families, but especially the value of Sarah, Katherine, and Anna within history.

Take your daughter to work day…in 1945
World leaders attended the Yalta conference with their adult daughters in tow

Michele Harris
michele.harris@erickson.com

In early 1945, World War II was drawing to a close, prompting the leaders of the U.S., the U.K. and the Soviet Union to meet so they could devise a plan for how to end military action and transition to peace.

One of the allies, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin refused to travel beyond the Soviet border and suggested they meet at Yalta, a seaside resort at the southern tip of the Crimean Peninsula.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt believed Stalin’s support was crucial. Without it, any plan they made for post-war Europe was sure to fail so they reluctantly agreed to meet at Yalta.

Both Roosevelt and Churchill broke with tradition by inviting their daughters to join them at the conference. Also in attendance, was Kathy Harriman, daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, W. Averill Harriman.

(Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana, was not invited.)

A new book, The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War by Catherine Grace Katz (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is a fascinating account of the historic meeting. Seen through the eyes of Kathy Harriman, Sarah Churchill and Anna Roosevelt Boettiger (the only three women present for the historic meeting), it offers unique insights into the personalities and struggles of the world’s most powerful men.

Kathy Harriman

Smart, beautiful and wealthy, Kathy Harriman put her career as a war correspondent on hold when her father was appointed U.S ambassador to the Soviet Union. She moved to Moscow to become her father’s unofficial advisor and acted as the hostess of many embassy events.

The other two women went to Yalta to support their fathers, but 28-year old Kathy was there to work. She was tasked with managing the American contingent’s accommodations at Livadia Palace, the opulent summer home of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II.

Upon arriving at Livadia, Kathy found the once opulent palace in sorry shape. It was far too small for the large contingent of Americans and there were nowhere near enough bathrooms.

What’s worse, the palace was infested with bed bugs and lice.

Horrifying as that may be, modern readers may be more horrified to learn that the problem was solved by treating the entire compound with DDT, a powerful insecticide now banned because it is also highly toxic to humans.

Fortunately, Kathy was no stranger to the hospitality business. The skills she acquired while managing her father’s ski resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, helped her turn the run-down Livadia Place into a comfortable if not exactly grand place to stay in a matter of weeks.

Sarah Churchill

The close bond between Winston Churchill and his daughter Sarah was forged from hours spent pursing their shared passion for bricklaying. She would apply mortar to a brick then hand it off to Winston who would place it in their garden wall.

Churchill said bricklaying relaxed him and for Sarah, it was a good way to enjoy her father’s company.

Before traveling to Yalta, Winston and Sarah traveled to Malta, a small island nation off the southern tip of Italy, to meet with the Americans in advance of the conference.

Despite the Churchills’ optimism, the trip was a nightmare. The pilots could not adjust the temperature in the unpressurized cabin. It was so hot, thirty-year-old Sarah said they felt like “tomatoes screaming for air,” further adding that her father looked like “a poor hot pink baby about to cry.”

By the time they got to Malta, Winston had a 102˚ fever. Soon after their arrival, they received news that a plane carrying British support staff had crashed into the sea. Seven of the nineteen on board survived but it would take days before they knew who those survivors were.

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger

Dedicated to her father, thirty-eight-year old Anna Roosevelt Boettiger was a married mother of three children. In 1944, her husband John Boettiger was stationed overseas so Anna moved into the White House where she took on the duties of First Lady and acted as her father’s caretaker.

(Her mother, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt spent much of her time on the road touring New Deal projects across the country and visiting with American G.I.s around the globe.)

At the time, F.D.R. was suffering from congestive heart failure—a fact only Anna and her father’s doctor knew. The president was put on a strict diet. No rich, salty foods and no alcohol.

While in Yalta, Anna was understandably horrified by the copious amounts of salty caviar, cured fish and vodka served by the Soviets. She feared that even a taste of a Soviet delicacy could put her father in the grave.

Despite Anna’s best efforts to keep her father’s failing health private, other conference attendees were keenly aware that F.D.R. was seriously ill. He died two months later.

The women didn’t form close bonds with each other at Yalta, but the trip did strengthen their bonds with their fathers.

As for the conference, much of the agreement fell apart, but one upshot of Yalta is still going strong—the United Nations.

I love history books and I especially love WW2 history books!! This is a great concept for a story and loved how she wanted to let everyone in on it!! There were times I thought the tension could have been more -- but on the whole I thought she did an amazing job taking to a place in history that isn't written about very often. I also love hearing stories about strong women during WW2 and this book definitely brought their stories to light.

The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans a Story of Love and War by Catherine Grace Katz is the story of the daughters who joined Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and, United States Ambassador to Russia, Averill Harriman at the Yalta Conference during the first weeks of February, 1945. It is a wonderful book that expertly blends the personal and the professional lives of these three leaders.

By early 1945 the war in Europe was just about over and the three allied powers needed to agree upon principals that would govern their relationships as the world moved from war to peace. Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, and their respective entourages met in the Crimean community of Yalta for the purpose of finding common ground on a number of identified issues. The primary issues revolved around the structure of the United Nations, the exchange of prisoners of war, coordination of armies as they approached Berlin and governance of Poland after the war.

Roosevelt, Churchill and Harriman chose to bring their daughters to the Conference rather than one of their sons or their wives. As explained by Katz, there are similarities in each of the daughter’s relationship with her father. In each case, the daughters were somewhat disappointed that they had not spent more time with their fathers when they were young. But each was pleased when, as they became young women, their fathers admired their respective activities during the War and wanted more of their company.

Katz describes the role that each daughter played while at Yalta. Kathleen Harriman acted as her father’s assistant. Sarah Churchill acted as her father’s personal sounding board, listening to comments that he was not free to communicate to others. And Anna Roosevelt acted as her father’s protector trying to minimize his interactions with others who might disturb his badly needed rest. Katz depicts very warm and intimate relationships between the daughters and their fathers that were badly needed as the fathers dealt with issues that were expected to decide the fate of the post-War world.

Unfortunately, historians consider the Yalta Conference to have been a failure. While the parties executed a number of agreements, Stalin basically ignored the terms of those agreements and engaged in aggressive activity in Eastern Europe that led to the Cold War.

Only after reading this book and understanding Anna’s efforts to protect her father did I fully understand how ill Franklin Roosevelt had been at the time of the Conference. I cannot help but wonder if Roosevelt’s health had something to do with the weakness of the agreements or if Stalin, after observing Roosevelt’s health, felt that he could ignore the agreements without repercussions.

In any event, as Katz explains, after the Conference, the daughters each went back to their personal lives, away from the glare of international diplomacy. And, unfortunately, each of the daughters experienced multiple tragedies in those lives. But this book is about a few weeks in February, 1945, when these three women shared an important moment with their famous and powerful fathers. It provided a unique picture of these men and their daughters and I enjoyed it very much. I gave it five stars and recommend it for everyone.

Thanks to #netgalley and to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for my early release copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Catherine Grace Katz's recently released book, #thedaughtersofyalta takes readers to the early winter of 1945. The Soviet forces were gaining momentum on the Eastern front, and the Americans (and Canadians), were advancing through Italy. War was still raging in the Pacific. With the end of the war in sight(at least in Europe), some very important decisions had to be made by the Allie leaders. and these decisions had to be made quickly. It was decided (mostly unilaterally, by Stalin and agreed to by Roosevelt and Churchill), to convene in Crimea, in Yalta. To say the leaders were war weary is an understatement. Each and every day, lives were being lost. The leaders, were really putting every hope into the outcome of this meeting.

The book opens describing the challenge of accommodating all of the staff (ranging from security yo advisors etc), required for this conference to take place, as well as, the great distance that both Churchill and Roosevelt had to travel to get to Crimea in winter no less.

Catherine Grace Katz's book is a description of this conference from the perspective of the three women who had the unique opportunity of participating, namely, Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill and Kathy Harriman (daughter of Averell Harriman, US ambassador to the Soviet Union at the time).

For each one of these women, getting to spend this time with their father's proved to be extremely meaningful and precious. The author had access to documents and letters, some of which were made, only recently, available . I have to say that although this is non fiction, it read like a novel and my heart was breaking at so many different times as I read the book. On one outing away from the conference, the three women visit Sevastopol, a Crimean city, where the Battle of Balaclava was fought on the 25th of October 1854 , during the Crimean War. As the British light brigade charged the Russian Battery, they were immediately gunned down, due to a mistake. The whole thing was tragic. Alfred Tennyson's poem, #chargeofhtelightbrigade, is an ode to the men who lost their lives in this battle. The "three" women witnessed the devastation of the Soviet Union everywhere they went, and each one had their distinct reactions to it. But they also saw, that no matter how little the people living in Crimea had, life continued for them.

I do not want to get into all the political details of the conference. We all know that Stalin had his own interests at heart, unlike, Roosevelt and Churchill (sadly). But, for this short period of time, that these daughters got to spend together with their fathers, they were ever after grateful, regardless of the outcome.

This is an exceptional read. I loved it! Thank you #netgalley and @hmhbooks for my early release copy in return for my honest review.

The Daughters of Yalta is the book on the Yalta conference you didn’t know you wanted to read. The story is interesting, offering an unexpected perspective on the Yalta conference between President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Stalin. The daughters in question are Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill and Katherine Harriman (daughter of Averell Harriman, US ambassador to the Soviet Union), all three of whom accompanied their fathers to the Yalta conference in February 1945. While each of them had their own reasons for going on this wild trip, in the end all they were looking for was the love and appreciation of their fathers.

While they might not have been at the conference table, the support they offered before and after the conference door closed each and every day was vital to the three most powerful men in the world. The topic is so niche and the official responsibilities of the three women in question so small, the book probably only deals about 30% of the time with Sarah, Katherine and Sarah at Yalta. This is not a bad thing because it leaves room to discuss the women’s pasts, as well as a plethora of other occurrences at Yalta which are often overlooked in more academic discussions. While the complex issues discussed at Yalta can often be quite boring and long, the author added just enough information about what happened behind closed doors to make things interesting to both the seasoned and novice reader about the Yalta conference.

The author does a great job describing events, people and places and the story moves along at a good pace because it reads like a historical novel. That certainly doesn’t mean the book isn’t factual because the bibliography and endnotes are elaborate. While there were a few times while it felt like the book was veering off topic and the descriptions were too drawn out, the information was so interesting it didn’t really matter.

Much is known about the Yalta Conference of February, 1945, and the Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) who met to decide a fair distribution of power as World War II teetered toward an end in Europe. Churchill, Roosevelt, and American Ambassador W. Averill Harriman also brought their adult daughters, Sarah, Anna, and Kathleen, respectively. Their fathers needed their help with things big and small, from Kathy’s Russian language skills, to Sarah’s astute observations and midnight advice, to Anna’s daily efforts to protect Roosevelt’s rapidly failing health. The “Little Three,” as they became known, wrote many letters to family and friends about their time at the edge of the Black Sea, and Katz draws from them to great effect. The Daughters of Yalta is a splendid, colorful tapestry of details, as witnessed by three young, smart women making the most of their extraordinary moment in history.

For Winston Churchill, the sovereignty of Poland was a promise he intended to keep. For Joseph Stalin, retribution for his country’s crippling losses was critical. Franklin Roosevelt needed Soviet help in the Pacific as the war with Japan waged on, but his hope for a United Nations
mattered even more. Together, these men would set the world’s balance of power for decades to come, for better or worse.
For the women, excluded from the daily discussions and monitored closely by Soviet security guards, there was much to observe on their own, from the caviar and vodka infused meals, to the vagaries of Russian hospitality, to the delegates’ quirks. Kathy, a journalist, was a seasoned diplomat in her own right, having been at her father’s posts in London and Moscow. The president had grown to depend on Anna, who kept his secrets so well that few knew how ill he was. Sarah was allowed to leave her post with Britain’s WAAF, to accompany the prime minister. For each, it was a lifetime’s dream come true.

Through their sharp eyes and Katz’s talented retelling, the Nazi and Soviet ravages of the Crimean countryside become a vivid backdrop to the Allies’ hope for a lasting peace. Yalta would become synonymous for diplomacy that dangerously disappointed, opening the door to Soviet expansion and revealing its ruthless power. Yet it may also have presaged women’s contributions to international diplomacy.

A well-researched, if a bit dense, look at a well-known point in history through unique eyes. Yay to women being in the room where it happens, but the beginning chapters were way too much of an info dump.

This shows us the Yalta conference in a bit of different light then we used to.
1945 even then these three daughters proven to be useful in diplomacy and the politics of those days.
Churchill, Roosevelt and Harriman not only showed themselves as strong players in the political world but also as appreciative fathers for what their daughter each in their own way contributed.
I was a bit disappointed in Franklin Roosevelt in how he miscalculated Joseph Stalin and ignored advice from Winston Churchill and some of his own advisers. I learned new things about these two great political figures. There were some disappointments but also good. Now I understand them a bit better as a person with strengths and weaknesses.
The book did not end with the conference but followed the important moments in the lives of the main characters.
Book was well researched and a joy to read.

The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference’s fateful reverberations in the waning days of World War II. Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened to tear apart the wartime alliance among Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty, political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully coloured these crucial days.

Kathleen Harriman was a champion skier, war correspondent, and daughter of U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Averell Harriman. Sarah Churchill, an actress-turned-RAF officer, was devoted to her brilliant father, who depended on her astute political mind. Roosevelt’s only daughter, Anna, chosen instead of her mother Eleanor to accompany the president to Yalta, arrived there as keeper of her father’s most damaging secrets. Situated in the political maelstrom that marked the transition to a post-war world, The Daughters of Yalta is a remarkable story of fathers and daughters whose relationships were tested and strengthened by the history they witnessed and the future they crafted together.

This is a deeply fascinating and richly informative read and one of the most interesting and eminently readable history books I've picked up in the past few years. What drew me initially was the focus on the women, rather than Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin themselves, which tends to be the perspective most often given of the Yalta conference. It's clear Katz has carried out impeccable research in order to provide us, the readership, with an accurate picture of the roles the women played at Yalta whilst accompanying some of histories most prominent political leaders. I, for one, am glad this book has been written to honour these daughters who have all but been forgotten from history but who played an extensive, unofficial role and one that should be recognised. Highly recommended. Many thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for an ARC.

The Daughters of Yalta
The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War
by Catherine Grace Katz
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Pub Date 29 Sep 2020 | Archive Date 29 Oct 2020

This was a fascinating book!~ I loved the backstory behind the daughters and it was well researched. Thanks to NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for the ARC of this book. I will recommend it to our readers.

5 star

Katz does an excellent job describing the roles played by Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill and Kathleen Harriman during the Yalta conference, but that's only part of what she tells. There is plenty of backstory of these women's lives and their relationships with their fathers, families and friends which helps explain why each of these fathers wanted his daughter at the conference. Each was an accomplished and capable woman. There is a day by day account of the conference itself, the aims of each delegation and their frustrations with each other and within their own group. Plenty of anecdotes about food and accommodations as well as tidbits of gossip lighten the story. Katz also includes brief follow ups of each woman's life, not always happy, but gives a sense of completion. With many many quotes from letters the book never seems academic - until you look at the notes and bibliography. The author did very extensive research and is a talented writer who has produced a book that is both seriously informative and entertaining.

Three of the key figures at the Yalta conference brought their daughters with them as their aides-de-camp. FDR brought Anna, whose undisclosed primary mission was to protect her father from the overwhelming demands of the trip. She alone knew that he had congestive heart failure and not long to live. Prime Minister Winston Churchill brought his lively daughter Sarah, who was a member of London’s smart set, but also a warrior, as she was in the WAAF and part of an aerial reconnaissance group. Averell Harriman’s daughter, Kathy, had been his trusted business aide for many years, and accompanied him to wartime Moscow when he was appointed the US ambassador to the USSR. Though her father didn’t see the need to do so himself, Kathy immediately set about learning Russian.

Author Katz presents a detailed, fly-on-the-wall account of the experiences of these three women and their fathers. But just because this book is based largely on personal materials of these three women, none of whom attended any of the negotiation sessions, don’t think there will be no insights into the Realpolitik of the Big Three’s dealings.

As with anybody interested in World War II and the Cold War, I knew a bit about the Yalta conference. Reading this book, I was struck by how momentous decisions could be made based on little information, and simply on prejudice and political expediency. For example, according to Katz, Averell Harriman and Winston Churchill cared deeply about Poland and knew that the USSR wanted nothing more than to control the country. Both Harriman and Churchill were very familiar with Poland, and the Polish government in exile was headquartered in England. But FDR was bored by the subject of Poland and sidelined concerns and insights into Soviet thinking. FDR thought he could somehow charm Stalin into cooperation with the West. Of course he was wrong, and the result was that Poland lived in subjugation for decades. Maybe there was nothing that could have been done about it, but FDR’s dismissive attitude—based on his judgment that Poland wasn’t a subject American voters cared about—was naïve and arrogant, unfitting to a world leader. It’s even more appalling that because of the casual antisemitism common at the time, there was no Yalta discussion of the fate of Europe’s Jews at the hands of the Nazis , though it was well known, and FDR even made an appalling “joke” about Jews when discussing his upcoming meeting with the Saudis.

In addition to the political insights the book offers, there are some gossipy bits too. Sarah Churchill’s close friend was her brother Randolph’s wife, Pamela Digby Churchill. While Averell Harriman was in London, before heading off to his ambassadorship in the USSR, and Randolph was stationed out of the country—and spending a ton of money he didn’t have on gambling and drinking—Pamela had an affair with Averell. Now, two years later, meeting Sarah Churchill again reminded Averell of his affection for Pamela. (Indeed, decades later Averell and Pamela would marry.) Anna learned at the conference that Kathy Harriman had had a romance with Anna’s married brother FDR Jr.

While the dealings at Yalta are, of course, of the most historical interest in this book, I appreciate that Katz also tells readers of the post-Yalta lives of the “little three” women.

Anyone who wants to go behind the scenes at Yalta, or who is interested in the role of women in political history, should find this a rewarding read.

A remarkable book. It depicts Anna Roosevelt, Katherine Harriman, and Sarah Churchill. The author goes into great detail of the effort, diplomacy, and politicking at Yalta. It was a fascinating rare look behind he scenes and the role these three women played. I learned a lot that I had not known or had thought to know before reading this terrific piece of history.

Read if you: Want a fascinating and unique perspective on the Yalta Conference.

I'll be honest--I'm a little burned out on WWII books--both nonfiction and fiction! However, this promised such a different angle that I was intrigued. Happily, this grabbed me right from the beginning. It's a memorable look at these women who have been mostly forgotten from history, but played important unofficial roles. A must read for fans of women's history, especially.

Librarians/booksellers: WWII books continue to be extremely popular. Purchase for readers who want a new angle on the history of this extraordinary time period.

Many thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NetGalley for a digital review copy in exchange for an honest review.