Sisters in Arms is heartwarming but fierce a novel brimming with camaraderie and fire
starring women you'd love to make your friends. Prickly musical Grace and bubbly privileged
Eliza may not make the most natural allies but it's fight or die when they're thrown together
in the Army's first class of female officers-and the first Black women allowed to serve their
country in World War II. . . . Kaia Alderson's debut is a triumph!- Kate Quinn New York Times
bestselling author of The Rose CodeKaia Alderson's debut historical fiction novel reveals the
untold true story of the Six Triple Eight the only all-Black battalion of the Women's Army
Corps who made the dangerous voyage to Europe to ensure American servicemen received word from
their loved ones during World War II.Grace Steele and Eliza Jones may be from completely
different backgrounds but when it comes to the army specifically the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps (WAAC) they are both starting from the same level. Not only will they be among the first
class of female officers the army has even seen they are also the first Black women allowed to
serve.As these courageous women help to form the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
they are dealing with more than just army bureaucracy-everyone is determined to see this
experiment fail. For two northern women learning to navigate their way through the segregated
army may be tougher than boot camp. Grace and Eliza know that there is no room for error they
must be more perfect than everyone else.When they finally make it overseas to England and then
France Grace and Eliza will at last be able to do their parts for the country they love
whatever the risk to themselves.Based on the true story of the 6888th Postal Battalion (the Six
Triple Eight) Sisters in Arms explores the untold story of what life was like for the only
all-Black female U.S. battalion to be deployed overseas during World War II.
