An Instant New York Times Bestseller This 'powerful, uplifting, and deeply personal novel' (Kristin Hannah, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Four Winds), at once 'a heart-wrenching wartime drama' (Christina Baker Kline, #1 NYT bestselling author of Orphan Train) and 'a moving and graceful tribute to heroic women' (Publishers Weekly, starred review), asks the question: What if a friendship forged on the front lines of war defines a life forever? In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, this is a searing epic based on the magnificent and true story of courageous Red Cross women. 'Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself.' -Financial Times In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a