Nonfiction Book Discussion

Women of Valor by Ellen Hampton

We read a variety of contemporary nonfiction and meet for discussion once a month in person and virtually via Zoom. September's selection: Women of Valor by Ellen Hampton.

Join in-person or on Zoom. For more information, contact discussion facilitator Kiri Palm at kpalm@aurorapubliclibrary.org. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the West Branch circulation desk.

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Book description:

Women in an armored division! General Leclerc had never heard of such a thing. But if he wanted the 19 brand-new ambulances, he would have to take their women drivers too. Known as the Rochambelles, their courage won the admiration of their comrades and changed many minds. These women learned to drive through mortar fire, to pull men from burning tanks, to stanch blood and ease pain. Above all, they learned that no matter who was doing the shooting, the greater enemy was hatred. Only three of the fifty-one women who served in the group published a memoir, and their stories have been all but lost. This book, newly revised and updated, reveals their daring and accomplishments, from Normandy to Berchtesgaden.

(Publisher description: McFarland)

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