Brownout Murders, The [non-booktrade customers only]
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Author: Luke C. Jackson, Kelly Jackson, Maya Graham (ills.)
They blamed alcohol. They blamed men. But theyblamed women most of all.The year is 1942, the place Melbourne. A brownout is in effect todim the night-time lights of the city, and thousands of AmericanGIs are based in Royal Park. As the latter make plans to defendthe Pacific, the women of Australia have stepped up to supportthe war effort at home. Beatrice is doing her part. She’s enlistedas an air raid warden, preparing the city ahead of a possibleJapanese attack. Her sister June is an operator at the telephoneexchange, while her other sister, Lizzie, works as a shopgirl byday and parties with the Americans by night.But the times are about to change again, and the threesisters will have to navigate the consequences of a new threat asa series of grisly murders are committed in the eerie half-lightof the brownout. Inspired by true events, The Brownout Murderstells a story of fear, fortitude, and social change — and how theindependence of all women is too often set against the violence of a single man.
ISBN 9781925849585. Scribe Publications. pb. 160 pages. 23.4 x 17.7 cm.
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They blamed alcohol. They blamed men. But theyblamed women most of all.The year is 1942, the place Melbourne. A brownout is in effect todim the night-time lights of the city, and thousands of AmericanGIs are based in Royal Park. As the latter make plans to defendthe Pacific, the women of Australia have stepped up to supportthe war effort at home. Beatrice is doing her part. She’s enlistedas an air raid warden, preparing the city ahead of a possibleJapanese attack. Her sister June is an operator at the telephoneexchange, while her other sister, Lizzie, works as a shopgirl byday and parties with the Americans by night.But the times are about to change again, and the threesisters will have to navigate the consequences of a new threat asa series of grisly murders are committed in the eerie half-lightof the brownout. Inspired by true events, The Brownout Murderstells a story of fear, fortitude, and social change — and how theindependence of all women is too often set against the violence of a single man.
ISBN 9781925849585. Scribe Publications. pb. 160 pages. 23.4 x 17.7 cm.
not yet published