I cannot stop thinking about this book. I had never heard of Dickey Chapelle. This is shame, because, like her, I grew up in Milwaukee.

Dickey was an award-winning war correspondent and photojournalist whose career began in WWII and ended in Vietnam. She was smart, brave, and fearless. While on assignment in a war zone, she embedded herself with soldiers, civilians, and rebels. She wanted her photos to show the human side of war, its poverty and injustice. The sense of place in this book is vivid. I felt I was with Dickey whether she was trekking through mud and rain with fatigued soldiers, sharing meals with starving families, or running guns with rebel fighters.

Thank you, Erika Robuck, for writing the story of this amazing woman. Thank you also, for sharing Dickey's photos on your Last Assignment interest board on Pinterest.

I am grateful to Sourcebooks Landmark and Net Galley for the advanced copy of this book. I know my book club will want to read it, too.

Whether you've heard of Dickey Chapelle or not (I certainly hadn't), you absolutely must read The Last Assignment. One of the things that I love about historical fiction is getting to learn about so many interesting historical figures that I never would have known about otherwise. Dickey Chapelle is perhaps one of the most interesting that I've read about to-date. A female war photographer who thrived on putting herself in the most dangerous situations possible, Dickey was one-of-a-kind. It was thrilling to read about all of her adventures and achievements, and I highly recommend The Last Assignment!