In this sweeping novel based on a true story, in 1917, Kate Moran joins the new Smith College Relief Unit. Kate and seventeen other Smithies set sail for France. Despite constant shelling from the Germans, French bureaucracy, and the threat of being ousted by the British army, the Smith volunteers bring welcome aid - and hope - to the region. As they cope with the hardships and terrors of the war, Kate and her colleagues find themselves navigating old rivalries and new betrayals which threaten the very existence of the Unit.
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