This fifth installment of the Kopp Sisters’ saga was intriguing. Amy Stewart contrasted two storylines, that of the Kopp Sisters and Beulah Binder in her novel. Add to that a mobile pigeon transport cart, the National Service School, prostitution, and murder and you’ve got yourself a story! Although I enjoyed Beulah’s storyline, mobilizing women for wartime service before women had the right to vote was very thought provoking. I was drawn back to Mary Jennings Hegar’s book Shoot Like A Girl and how hard she fought for her place as a combat pilot. If Constance Kopp could look into the future and see Hegar, what would she think? Would she see herself as helping to pave the way for other women, a role model in perseverance? As always I’m a sucker for all the historical research that goes into a novel like this (and yes, I do read all the information at the end). What was interesting is that Stewart wove Jeanette Rankin, the first female Congressman and Bruce Bielaski, creator of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the story. There was a lot to digest in this historical fiction; including, ham and butter sandwiches.
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