Band of Sisters : William Morrow Paperbacks : 9780062986160 : 0062986163 : 12 May 2022 : "A crackling portrayal of everyday American heroines?A triumph."    ? Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue  A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of World War I in this sweeping novel based on a true story?a skillful blend of Call the Midwife and The Alice Network?from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig. A scholarship girl from Brooklyn, Kate Moran thought she found a place among Smith's Mayflower descendants, only to have her illusions dashed the summer after graduation. When charismatic alumna Betsy Rutherford delivers a rousing speech at the Smith College Club in April of 1917, looking for volunteers to help French civilians decimated by the German war machine, Kate is too busy earning her living to even think of taking up the call. But when her former best friend Emmeline Van Alden reaches out and