All Good Women
A Novel
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
As World War II rages abroad, a group of women forge the bonds of sisterhood in America
In 1938, while tensions in Europe are reaching a boiling point, four young women with big ambitions enter secretarial school in San Francisco. Motivated to attain the financial stability that eluded their parents, they go to battle for their futures. Moira, of Scottish descent, dreams of being an actress. Ann yearns for the education her Jewish immigrant parents provided for her brother, but not for her. Japanese American Wanda experiences firsthand the racial injustices running rampant in the United States. And Teddy, who left the Dust Bowl for sunny California, comes to startling realizations about herself as the war progresses. These women will be both buoyed and challenged by their dreams, experiencing love, loss, and everything in between. Against the backdrop of a nation gripped by fear and paranoia, Miner eloquently captures the spirit of wartime on the home front.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
On the eve of World War II, four young women, students at a San Francisco secretarial school, become housemates. They are linked by working-class backgrounds, which have given them the desire for financial stability and independence. Moira, the most conventionally pretty, dreams of becoming an actress. Teddy, an Oklahoma native, wants to help her migrant family. The daughter of Jewish immigrants, Ann yearns for the college education her parents have decided to give her brother. As a Japanese-American, aspiring writer Wanda is the most directly and immediately affected by the war when she is interned in a desert resettlement camp. The story follows the four through war work, affairs, pregnancies and deaths. Though readers may sometimes feel that the women's consistently placid natures do not ring true, Miner (Winter's Edge) has done a splendid job of recreating the fear and paranoia of the war years. This is ultimately a satisfying book.
