Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Can't Wait Wednesday: Band of Sisters

Can't Wait Wednesday is hosted by Wishful Endings and helps us spotlight upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating!


Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig
Pub. Date: March 2, 2021





Goodreads says, "A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of World War I in this sweeping novel based on a true story—a skillful blend of Call the Midwife and The Alice Network—from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig.   scholarship girl from Brooklyn, Kate Moran thought she found a place among Smith’s Mayflower descendants, only to have her illusions dashed the summer after graduation. When charismatic alumna Betsy Rutherford delivers a rousing speech at the Smith College Club in April of 1917, looking for volunteers to help French civilians decimated by the German war machine, Kate is too busy earning her living to even think of taking up the call. But when her former best friend Emmeline Van Alden reaches out and begs her to take the place of a girl who had to drop out, Kate reluctantly agrees to join the new Smith College Relief Unit.  Four months later, Kate and seventeen other Smithies, including two trailblazing female doctors, set sail for France. The volunteers are armed with money, supplies, and good intentions—all of which immediately go astray. The chateau that was to be their headquarters is a half-burnt ruin. The villagers they meet are in desperate straits: women and children huddling in damp cellars, their crops destroyed and their wells poisoned.   Despite constant shelling from the Germans, French bureaucracy, and the threat of being ousted by the British army, the Smith volunteers bring welcome aid—and hope—to the region. But can they survive their own differences? As they cope with the hardships and terrors of the war, Kate and her colleagues find themselves navigating old rivalries and new betrayals which threaten the very existence of the Unit.  With the Germans threatening to break through the lines, can the Smith Unit pull together and be truly a band of sisters? "

Lauren Willig has a new historical novel coming out this March. I haven't read too many of Willig's novels, but I love her collaborative novels with Beatriz Williams and Karen White. I hope to read more of Willig in the future.  Are you a fan of Lauren Willig? What do you think of this novel?  Let me know in the comments below. 

10 comments:

  1. I think I've only read one of her novels, but I like the sound of this one! I can never resist a wartime setting!

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    1. Me too! I'm glad you agree! Thank for visiting, Angela!

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  2. I haven’t read her work, but I’m intrigued. Thank you for sharing.
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    1. I'm glad you like the sound of it. Thanks for dropping by!

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  3. I've never read this author but this book does look good. Here is my post-https://paigesofbook.blogspot.com/2020/08/cant-wait-wednesday.html.

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    1. I'm glad you like the sound of it as well. Thanks for visiting!

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  4. I haven't read any of her books yet, but I adore Team W's novels and this one sounds really interesting! Definitely adding it to my TBR.

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    1. I have read a few of her novels and this one sounds especially good. You can't beat Team W's novels though. Thanks for visiting, Michele!

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  5. I am looking forward to this one too! I used to read her Pink Carnation series as soon as they came out. I haven't read her newest releases but I know I should.

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    1. I read one or two of the Pink Carnation books and enjoyed them! This one sounds especially good. Thanks for visiting, Marg!

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