... gripping.

A powerful narrative.

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.

... wonderful.

Mackrell...has organized this chronology with scholarly intensity. She brings every moment to life, serving up the women’s views of world war on all fronts...with sizzling realism. The book concludes with a satisfying epilogue to give readers an enlightening look at the later lives of these six courageous correspondents..

Ambitious.

Group biographies are notoriously hard to write, and there are moments in The Correspondents when Ms. Mackrell’s protagonists merge and blur. But what comes across is a powerful and convincing picture of the overwhelming struggle these women—and others like them—were forced to endure to make themselves heard.

... it is above all the courage and tenacity of Mackrell’s subjects that impresses.

Mackrell adopts a you-are-there intimacy as she brings readers behind the front lines.

Immersive and revealing.

This is incredibly rich material, and Mackrell makes the most of it.