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Paperback. In the tense days following the attack on Pearl Harbor, four very different women step forward to serve their country in a top-secret radar unit known as the Women's Air Raid Defense (WARD).CJ Martino, a brash journalist from New Jersey, arrives determined to prove herself as a serious reporter-only to find her assignments censored and her ambition questioned. Ruth, a Navy officer's wife, struggles with her responsibility as an officer's wife while grieving her stillborn and carving out a purpose for her life. Jane, a daring Texas aviatrix, longs for the skies but is grounded by both military's refusal to let women fly and a husband who is a controlling gatekeeper. Lastly, there is Eve Russell, a Honolulu debutante, who volunteers to break the stronghold of social expectations, allows herself to become vulnerableTogether, these women join the "Rascal" unit, working long night shifts in blackout conditions to track incoming aircraft, they confront not only the possibility of invasion but also the battles within their own demons of grief, disillusionment, loneliness, and the search for meaning in a world at war.As the pressure of war mounts, their friendships deepen. What begins as an unlikely alliance grows into a bond of trust and courage as each woman is forced to make choices that will change the trajectory of her life.Grounded in meticulous research and inspired by firsthand interviews, Code Name Rascal brings to life the hidden history of the women of WARD. It is a sweeping story of resilience and transformation that illuminates the courage of unsung heroines and the strength found in friendship when the world teeters on the edge of collapse. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Code Name Rascal (Paperback)
- Author
- Dorothea N. Buckingham
- Publisher
- Sydney Press
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798999658272
CJ Martino, a firecracker journalist, straight out of Columbia moves to Hawaii to set the newspaper world on fire. CJ and Marine Lieutenant Joe Delano marry two days before Pearl Harbor is attacked and which challenges her career and her marriage.
Eve Russell, a Honolulu society girl, joins the unit to avoid the grip of her overbearing mother, and finds herself thrust into a world where she is measured by her performance, not her last name, and in the end, Eve must choose between wealth and love.
Ruth Elliott is “third-generation Navy” wife, who defines her life’s purpose as a mother and an officer’s wife, grapples with private grief that overshadows her self-worth. Sequestered with the other WARDs, her quiet self-destruction is exposed, and her path to resolution leads to divorce or self-acceptance.
Jane Meade, a Texas aviatrix who dreamed of being a pilot from the first time a plane landed at her family ranch, married a man who dreamed of building an aviation company that would hire only girls! But he talked and drank more than he worked.
Code Name Rascal is set against the backdrop of the first six months of the war, when land invasion by the enemy was an imminent threat, and life under martial law restricted or denied basic freedoms, a little-know historical fact, is exposed.
Told with emotional nuance and historical accuracy, Code Name Rascal celebrates the life and resilience of local civilian women thrust into military roles. It reveals the bonds of four fictional women, in unlikely friendships, as it examines the themes of duty, self-sacrifice and survival.
It is a gripping story of the reality of war and “every day” courage told from women’s perspective.
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