Early publicity on Mars Hill’s debut novel, The Moaner’s Bench, never mentioned the stunning pictorial quality of the book’s glorious narrative. With the author’s uncanny ear for dialogue, the old coming-of-age formula of a black boy sent to live with deeply religious relatives in the depression-era South assumes a rich mythic quality. Anyone who has spent any time “down yonder” will feel right at home in these pages.
Valiant Women is a vital and engrossing attempt to correct the record and rightfully celebrate the achievements of female veterans of World War II.
