Code Girls
“Erin Bennett splendidly narrates this account…[and] sounds like a natural in all aspects of her narration. Her voice is pleasing to the ear, clear in pronunciation, and suitably expressive. She makes what is doubtless a well-scripted reading seem effortless and unrehearsed.”
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A Kansas City Star Top Books of the Year Pick
A Washington Post Notable Book for 2017
An Audible.com Best of the Year in History
An Audie Award Finalist for Best History/Biography Narration
A BookPage Top Pick for Book Clubs
The secret history of the American women who served as codebreakers during World War II is revealed in this New York Times bestseller.
"Prodigiously researched and engrossing." -New York Times
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.
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