No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion

“Just the novel to elevate these unforgettable voices.”—Shelf Awareness

The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing WWII historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II—the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the conflict.

In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Dorothy Thom, Spelman graduate, librarian and Francophile, joins the Women’s Army Corps wanting to d...