(1) Guest Sherri L. Smith; (2) Winners

SHERRI L. SMITH

 Monday, April 25, Mary Jo Putney will be the host for guest Sherri L. Smith.  Sherri's Young Adult book, Flygirl, has won all kinds of awards, including the American Library Association's 2010 Best Book for Young Adults.  The heroine of Flygirl is Ida Mae, a young black woman who joins the Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during WWII.

 

WINNERS

We have a new batch of winners!  Mary Kennedy won a book from Mary Jo Putney, who used her blog topic suggestion for Ask-a-Wench.  Anne Hoile won a book from Jo Beverley.  Mary Anne Landers won a book from Joanna Bourne.  And Clancy Metzger won a book from guest Mia Marlowe.  Congratulations, winners!

Comments

[Tara Chevrestt]

I am a huge fan of this book. I have it on my shelf. I would like to know if there is ever going to be sequel?

[Peg Serenyi]

There is an adult book about the WASPs, called, iir, Silver Wings, Santiago Blue (the color of their uniforms). It follows several different fictional women, their motivations, careers, etc. Interesting if one wants to follow up on this topic.

I was at a SciFi conference at which a speaker addressed the discouragement of women in the workforce after WWII. He posited that it was not a disparagement of women, but a terror on the part of the authorities of millions of jobless and violent young men who were demobilized by the end of the war.
Peg from DC