Walsh shines light on courageous women whose feats during two world wars remain relatively unknown…I’d recommend this book to history buffs and fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale. I read this book on the beach and couldn’t turn the pages fast enough, but it would be also be an ideal read in a cozy chair with a cup of tea in front of the fireplace.” - Historical Novel Society “From its intriguing cover to the author’s note at the end, this book will captivate readers…The characters (including a brave pigeon) are sympathetic and believable, the plot has plenty of surprises, and the history of these heroic women is fascinating. Walsh has spent indeterminable hours researching and putting together a well-written and memorable story about past events to make them truly authentic as well as informative." - New York Journal of Books "A tale filled with strong emotion, hope, and determination, it is highly thought-provoking and entertaining. Laced with triumph and tragedy, bravery and redemption, this tale of finding oneself in modern history’s darkest hours will break your heart and put it back together again, all in one delightful read.” - Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Forest of Vanishing Stars “The lives of two women in two different world wars collide in unexpected ways in this powerful exploration of the British Women’s Royal Naval Service, commonly known as the Wrens, a daring group of real-life women who were instrumental in both World War I and World War II. Told in alternating narratives that converge in a single life-changing moment, The Call of the Wrens is a vivid, emotional saga of love, secrets, resilience-and the knowledge that the future will always belong to the brave souls who fight for it. And with the re-formation of the Wrens as World War II rages, it’s the perfect opportunity to make a difference in the world at seventy miles per hour. For Evelyn, it’s a way to prove herself after a childhood fraught with surgeries and limitations from a disability. Meanwhile, others, like twenty-year-old society girl Evelyn Fairchild, hear the call for the first time. Now, twenty years later, another war has broken out across Europe, calling Marion to return to the fight. Until the battle that changed everything.
And, despite the constant threat of danger, she and her childhood friend Eddie began to dream of a future together.
She found purpose in her work as a motorcycle dispatch rider, assigned to train and deliver carrier pigeons to the front line. As a member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service-the Wrens-Marion gained sisters. Īn orphan who spent her youth without a true home, Marion Hoxton found in the Great War something other than destruction. Introducing the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe, carrying secrets on their shoulders.
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