"A moving tale of female solidarity and courage." --Kate Quinn, New
York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
December 1917. As World War I rages in Europe, twenty-four-year-old Ruby
Wagner, the jewel in a prominent Philadelphia family, prepares for her
upcoming wedding to a society scion. Like her life so far, it's all been
carefully arranged. But when her beloved older brother is killed in
combat, Ruby follows her heart and answers the Army Signal Corps' call
for women operators to help overseas.
As one of the trailblazing "Hello Girls" deployed to war-torn France,
Ruby must find her place in the military strata, fight for authority and
respect among the Allied soldiers, and work to secure a victory for the
cause. But balancing service to country is complicated further by a
burgeoning relationship with army medic Andrew Carrigan.
What begins as a friendship forged on the front lines soon blossoms into
something more, forcing Ruby to choose between the conventions of a
well-ordered life back home, and the risk of an unknown future.