Secret Sparrow Natural history the contributors in this book

the contributors in this book all share a desire to harness the past in their creative writing practices: to draw on historical sources

a medieval trans woman

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recognizes that psychological distress cannot be reduced to a rubric

More than 500 Australian soldiers were killed and thousands wounded

Secret Sparrow Natural history the contributors in this bookThis is the story of women who fought during WWI, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers. In 1917 sixteen year old Jean McLain is working as a post office assistant in England. But when she wins a national Morse code competition, the British army makes a request Jean cannot refuse to take a secret position as a signaller in France. If Jean can keep the signals flowing between headquarters and the soldiers at the Front, Britain might possibly win the