Senin, 24 Juli 2017

WWII Book Reviews: Becoming Clementine and Promoting the War Effort

Becoming Clementine By Jennifer Niven. 368 pp. Plume, 2012. $15. In 2009’s bestselling novel and Emmy- winning film, Velva Jean learned to drive. In her next adventure, she learned to fly and, after Pearl Harbor, joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Now it’s 1944, and she’s ferrying a B-17 across the Atlantic. Next up, Velva …

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