Ruth and Millie, raised in Brooklyn but estranged for years, are reunited at the Springfield Armory in the early days of World War II. While Ruth, the older sister, leaves in relative ease with her husband and children as an officer's wife, Millie, the younger sister, arrives as a war widow with a small child. Taking a job in the Armory factories, Millie is determined to build a better relationship with her sister. However, will old resentments get in the way?
I enjoyed this book and found it a good weekend read. There is some back-and-forth in time, so you get a good understanding how of the two sisters were as children, and then what their lives are like in the present. I felt the author created two sympathetic, interesting characters and clearly shows the dynamic between the two of them. They felt like completely real women, which made the story easy to relate to. The pacing is steady and the accurate details about women's work during World War II also make the story interesting. Adding in some dynamic between the two sisters and some secondary characters made the story even more compelling. All in all, an enjoyable book.
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