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Girls on the Line
by Aimie K. Runyan
Girls on the Line is a historical fiction dating to WWI and the year 1917. Ruby Wagner, is being groomed by her mother to be a socialite in Philadelphia and has already been betrothed to the son of one of the older families in Philadelphia society. Ruby’s mother has carefully planned out every possible detail of Ruby’s future. But things change when Ruby’s older brother Francis joins the war and is killed while stationed in France. Though Ruby’s mother has everything planned out, Ruby has other ideas. Ruby decides that it is time for her to do her part in the War and joins the Army Signals Corps.
Ruby is one of the original “Hello Girls” as they were called by the Army, to serve overseas in France as a telephone operator. Before her trip over to France, Ruby is tagged as a supervisor. Once in France, she struggles to find her place in the military hierarchy as well as trying to gain respect for the job she and her girls do. Things get complicated when Ruby is introduced to an Army Medic named Andrew Carrigan.
Ruby works so hard to try and stay faithful to the promise she made to her fiancé in Philadelphia and to fulfill the duty her mother expects, but she also can’t run away from the feelings she has every time Andrew is near.
Aimie K. Runyon has written a wonderful story using facts from a true point in history. While reading you have to remind yourself that the story itself is fiction but the women and the jobs they did for the Army are real. So little seems to have been written about the women of WWI and it’s nice there is a beautiful story to go along with those beautiful women from WWI
This book was a joy to read. I personally enjoyed the story that was intertwined with true historical facts.
Thank you to #netgalley and #lakeunionpubilishing for allowing me to read this book for a fair and honest review.
Ruby is one of the original “Hello Girls” as they were called by the Army, to serve overseas in France as a telephone operator. Before her trip over to France, Ruby is tagged as a supervisor. Once in France, she struggles to find her place in the military hierarchy as well as trying to gain respect for the job she and her girls do. Things get complicated when Ruby is introduced to an Army Medic named Andrew Carrigan.
Ruby works so hard to try and stay faithful to the promise she made to her fiancé in Philadelphia and to fulfill the duty her mother expects, but she also can’t run away from the feelings she has every time Andrew is near.
Aimie K. Runyon has written a wonderful story using facts from a true point in history. While reading you have to remind yourself that the story itself is fiction but the women and the jobs they did for the Army are real. So little seems to have been written about the women of WWI and it’s nice there is a beautiful story to go along with those beautiful women from WWI
This book was a joy to read. I personally enjoyed the story that was intertwined with true historical facts.
Thank you to #netgalley and #lakeunionpubilishing for allowing me to read this book for a fair and honest review.