No Better Time
A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion
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“Just the novel to elevate these unforgettable voices.”—Shelf Awareness
The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II—the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the conflict.
In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Dorothy Thom, Spelman graduate, librarian and Francophile, joins the Women’s Army Corps wanting to do her part for the war effort. Longing for adventure, she has one question for the recruiter: “Do you think I’ll get to go abroad?”
As Dorothy and her sister WACs discover, life in the Army is an adventure filled with unexpected deprivations and culture shock. Women from all levels of society, secretaries, teachers, and sharecroppers, work together to navigate a military segregated by race and gender. At boot camp, the “colored girls” are separated for processing. At Ft. Riley, the women’s barracks are rustic and heated by coal-burning pot-bellied stoves while German POWs spend their incarceration in buildings with central heat and hot water.
In early 1945, Dorothy and eight hundred African American WACs cross the turbulent North Atlantic to their post in England. Their orders are to process the mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces. The women arrive to find mail stockpiled for over two years in warehouses and airplane hangars, many pieces in poor condition, the names illegible.
In England and France, the WACs traverse a landscape of unimagined possibilities. With their outlooks changed forever, they return to the United States as the catalysts for change in America and build lives that transcend anything their ancestors ever dreamed of.
No Better Time illuminates a love of country and duty that has been overlooked until now.
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An ambitious Harlem woman’s husband upends her social climbing when he buys a Negro Leagues baseball team and appoints her as the team’s business manager. Overnight, Effa Manley goes from 125th Street’s civil rights champion to an interloper in the boys’ club that is professional baseball.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such an interesting story!
- De Carolyn Hector Hall en 08-13-24
De: Kaia Alderson
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That Summer in Berlin
- De: Lecia Cornwall
- Narrado por: Hannah Curtis
- Duración: 14 h y 50 m
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German power is rising again, threatening a war that will be even worse than the last one. The English aristocracy turns to an age-old institution to stave off war and strengthen political bonds—marriage. Debutantes flock to Germany, including Viviane Alden. On holiday with her sister during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Viviane’s true purpose is more clandestine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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exceptional
- De Daniela Laws en 10-14-22
De: Lecia Cornwall
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Our Narrow Hiding Places
- A Novel
- De: Kristopher Jansma
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Eighty-year-old Mieke Geborn’s life is one of quiet routine. Widowed for many years, she enjoys the view from her home on the New Jersey shore, visits with friends, and tai chi at the local retirement community. But when her beloved grandson, Will, and his wife, Teru, show up for a visit, things are soon upended. Their marriage is threatening to unravel, and Will has questions for his grandmother—questions about family secrets that have been lost for decades and are now finally rising to the surface.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Imagination +History
- De lana en 09-08-24
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Marmee
- A Novel
- De: Sarah Miller
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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In 1861, war is raging in the South, but in Concord, Massachusetts, Margaret March has her own battles to fight. With her husband serving as an army chaplain, the comfort and security of Margaret’s four daughters— Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—now rest on her shoulders alone. Money is tight and every month, her husband sends less and less of his salary with no explanation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- De Sharon R. Silva en 05-27-23
De: Sarah Miller
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The Colony Club
- A Novel
- De: Shelley Noble
- Narrado por: Caroline Hewitt
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 42
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When young Gilded Age society matron Daisy Harriman is refused a room at the Waldorf because they don’t cater to unaccompanied females, she takes matters into her own hands. She establishes the Colony Club, the first women’s club in Manhattan, where visiting women can stay overnight and dine with their friends; where they can discuss new ideas, take on social issues, and make their voices heard. She hires the most sought-after architect in New York, Stanford White, to design the clubhouse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nicely done!
- De Kristyn Rose en 02-02-25
De: Shelley Noble
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Women of the Post
- De: Joshunda Sanders
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 37
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1944, New York City. Judy Washington is tired of having to work at the Bronx Slave Market, cleaning white women’s houses for next to nothing. She dreams of a bigger life, but with her husband fighting overseas, it’s up to her and her mother to earn enough for food and rent. When she’s recruited to join the Women’s Army Corps—offering a steady paycheck and the chance to see the world—Judy jumps at the opportunity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Resilience
- De Michelle en 02-08-25
De: Joshunda Sanders
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The Paris Gown
- A Novel
- De: Christine Wells
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Parisian Claire has been working hard to become a Michelin-starred chef one day, but ever since the heady time she spent in the company of socialites Gina and Margot, her dream has been to own a Dior gown. This seemed like a far-off fantasy, until the eccentric and wealthy Madame Vaughn, who lives above Claire’s family brasserie, abruptly leaves Paris, asking Claire to mind her apartment. More bafflingly, Madame Vaughn also makes Claire a very special gift: a stunning Dior gown.
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5 out of 5 stars
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ADORED THIS BOOK ABOUT ENDURING FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE…
- De Marie G. en 09-18-24
De: Christine Wells
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The Woman with the Cure
- De: Lynn Cullen
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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In 1940s and ’50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one’s life is untouched by this disease that kills or paralyzes its victims, particularly children. Outbreaks of the virus across the country regularly put American cities in lockdown. Some of the world’s best minds are engaged in the race to find a vaccine. The man who succeeds will be a god.
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5 out of 5 stars
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sience and the struggle to do no harm
- De Anonymous User en 07-20-24
De: Lynn Cullen
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Girls of Flight City
- Inspired by True Events, a Novel of WWII, the Royal Air Force, and Texas
- De: Lorraine Heath
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career in aviation. When the civilian flight school in her small Texas town begins to clandestinely train British pilots for the RAF, she fights to become an instructor. But the task isn’t without its perils of near-misses and death. Faced with the weight of her responsibilities, she finds solace with a British officer who knows firsthand the heavy price paid in war . . . until he returns to the battles he never truly left behind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this story!
- De Lyn Odom en 07-27-22
De: Lorraine Heath
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Shadows of Pecan Hollow
- A Novel
- De: Caroline Frost
- Narrado por: Alex McKenna
- Duración: 15 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 274
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It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old runaway Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal, who first coddled her and then groomed her into his partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and Manny were infamous for their string of gas station robberies throughout Texas, making a name for themselves as the Texaco Twosome.
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3 out of 5 stars
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WARNING: GRAPHIC ANIMAL ABUSE/MURDER
- De M.K. Kennedy en 04-02-23
De: Caroline Frost
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The Wartime Book Club
- De: Kate Thompson
- Narrado por: Imogen Church
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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The Isle of Jersey was once a warm and neighborly community, but in 1943, German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule. Nazis have ordered Grace La Mottée, the island's only librarian, to destroy books that threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best friend, she wants to fight back. So she forms the Wartime Book Club: a lifeline, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It's not a sequel to The Little Wartime Library.
- De Song4Ten en 07-02-24
De: Kate Thompson
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The Ocean Above Me
- A Novel
- De: Kevin Sites
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Former war correspondent Lukas Landon is alone, trapped under 150-feet of water in an overturned shrimp trawler at the bottom of the ocean. The only thing keeping him alive is an air bubble in the ship’s bow. But the water level is rising, and time is running out. Landon doesn’t know if he will survive . . . or if he even deserves to.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- De Amazon Customer en 04-22-24
De: Kevin Sites
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The Librarian of Burned Books
- A Novel
- De: Brianna Labuskes
- Narrado por: Caroline Hewitt, Eleanor Caudill, Karissa Vacker
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 189
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Banned books, history repeating itself
- De Amazon Customer en 05-07-23
De: Brianna Labuskes
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Any Other Family
- De: Eleanor Brown
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley, Lindsey Dorcus, Sean Patrick Hopkins, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Though they look like any other family, they aren’t one—not quite. They are three sets of parents who find themselves intertwined after adopting four biological siblings, having committed to keeping the children as connected as possible. At the heart of the family, the adoptive mothers grapple to define themselves and their new roles. Tabitha, who adopted the twins, crowns herself planner of the group, responsible for endless playdates and holidays, determined to create a perfect happy family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What is a family?
- De Barbara S en 07-27-22
De: Eleanor Brown
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The Paris Showroom
- De: Juliet Blackwell
- Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat, Carlotta Brentan, Xe Sands
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Capucine Benoit works alongside her father to produce fans of rare feathers, beads, and intricate pleating for the haute couture fashion houses. But after the Germans invade Paris in June 1940, Capucine and her father must focus on mere survival - until they are betrayed to the secret police and arrested for his political beliefs. When Capucine saves herself from deportation to Auschwitz by highlighting her connections to Parisian design houses, she is sent to a little-known prison camp located in the heart of Paris, within the Lévitan department store.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh so good
- De Amanda en 05-21-22
De: Juliet Blackwell
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Finding Margaret Fuller
- A Novel
- De: Allison Pataki
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Young, brazen, beautiful, and unapologetically brilliant, Margaret Fuller accepts an invitation from Ralph Waldo Emerson, the celebrated Sage of Concord, to meet his coterie of enlightened friends. There she becomes “the radiant genius and fiery heart” of the Transcendentalists, a role model to a young Louisa May Alcott, an inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Hester Prynne and the scandalous Scarlet Letter, a friend to Henry David Thoreau as he ventures out to Walden Pond . . . and a muse to Emerson. But Margaret craves more than poetry and interpersonal drama.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I must’ve missed this group of thinkers in high school being friends
- De Liesl en 04-20-24
De: Allison Pataki
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Days of Wonder
- A Novel
- De: Caroline Leavitt
- Narrado por: Xe Sands, Stephanie Willing, Steve Quinn
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 20
As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love—yearning, breathless love—that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her life was unexpectedly upended when she was accused of trying to murder Jude’s father, an imperious superior court judge, and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. When she learns she’s pregnant shortly after sentencing, she reluctantly decides to give up the child. Ella is released after serving six years. While she is desperate to turn the page on a new life, she can’t seem to let go of her past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Caroline Leavitt’s work!
- De Writer Gal en 05-17-24
De: Caroline Leavitt
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The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Battalion of World War II
- Women Warriors of World War II
- De: Dr. Artika R. Tyner, Cynthia Paul - illustrator
- Narrado por: uncredited
- Duración: 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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When the United States entered World War II, it had to face its own contradictions at home. Opportunities opened up for Black people and women in support of the war effort. But ideas about race and gender didn't change as swiftly. Listen to the story of the first all-Black battalion in the Women's Army Corps—the Six Triple Eight—and its leader, Major Charity Adams. These women bravely confronted the racism and sexism they experienced. And they did it while creating a system to make sure millions of letters and packages got to soldiers fighting in Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Black history
- De Stuart Williamson en 03-21-25
De: Dr. Artika R. Tyner, y otros
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- L. Pavela
- 01-21-25
A must read
This was a great book and I enjoyed every minute aside from the last 10. It seems like this author wanted to finish this book really quickly and it was left with some loose ends.
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- Claudia Rhen
- 06-15-24
Good WWII Black Army Women
Loved finding out the trials and tribulations of Black women in the WWII army. Historical events brought ar
richness to the story. Interesting to see how they were treated by their own vs the "enemy", A must read!
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- Coleen Fabrizi
- 06-26-24
Wonderful read!
It was very well written and captures a significant part of history and the impact women have had in preserving our freedom.
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