Karen B

I work at the Red Wing Public Library, and tend to be the person that offers many book recommendations, as I read a wide variety of books. But my favorite genre is historical fiction, and there has been a plethora of these books published in the last year, mainly WWII, and you do tend to get tired of reading the same type of book; even if the subject is different, the tone and the general idea can be the same. I am not generally a fan of short stories, and I think this is because if one author is writing them all, they tend to be too similar. This collection, though, with stories written by different authors (so many of my favorites!), brought this period in time to life from so many different points of view. Even though the subject of each story was the same, each story itself was so carefully crafted and researched, I wanted to know more, so I went to the next chapter! And a whole other viewpoint of the same event by another amazing author was right there! The backstory for this book, how Fiona and M.J. brainstormed this whole idea sitting in an airport in Minnesota, was intriguing, also. I was pretty ignorant of the suffragette movement and I feel that this book leaves you wanting to learn a bit more, especially about some of the historical women that were highlighted in various stories. Thanks to them, we are where we are today.