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The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

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80

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Readers

80/100

Critics

80/100

Scholars

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Author:

Judith Mackrell

Publisher:

Doubleday

Date:

November 2, 2021

The untold history of a group of women reporters who revolutionized the narrative of World War II—from Martha Gellhorn, the wife of Ernest Hemingway, to Lee Miller, a Vogue cover model turned war correspondent.

What The Reviewers Say

Stephanie Gorton,
Los Angeles Review of Books
... gripping.
Marissa Moss,
New York Journal of Books
A powerful narrative.
Christina Lamb,
The New York Times Book Review
Just as women are so often written out of war, so it seems are the female correspondents. Mackrell corrects this omission admirably with stories of six of the best.
Amy Scribner,
BookPage
... wonderful.