D-Day Girls
Washington Post Bestseller
On its paperback release, D-Day Girls debuted at #6 on the Washington Post Bestseller List.
On its paperback release, D-Day Girls debuted at #6 on the Washington Post Bestseller List.
Sarah Rose delivered the Great Lives lecture at University of Mary Washington on January 28, 2020, check it out.
In this gripping history, Rose skillfully details the lives of a handful of ordinary women living in dreary occupied France—who also happened to be highly trained agents for the London-based Special Operations Executive. Often parachuting under a full moon behind enemy lines, these women and their male colleagues blended in Read more…
“Equal parts espionage-romance thriller and historical narrative, D-Day Girls traces the lives and secret activities of the 39 women who answered the call to infiltrate France. . . . While chronicling the James Bond-worthy missions and love affairs of these women, Rose vividly captures the broken landscape of war.â€
How three women helped lay the groundwork for D-Day
D-Day at 75: the women spies who paved the way, WBAI radio. On Martha Gelhorn for BBC5
Author Sarah Rose on the women of D-Day Girls on D-Day’s 75th Anniversary
“It is inspiring, empowering, there are parts that gave me full-body chills… I have never read a book like this. Even if you think you don’t like nonfiction, pick up this book!” Beach reads 2019: Best new books to check out this summer Get your list of beach reads together Read more…
For international women’s day, Good Morning Hawaii invited me on to talk about D-Day Girls:
I’ll be speaking around the nation to support the launch of D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazis, Armed the Resistance and Helped Win World War II. Curious as to what my lectures are like? Take a look: And if you’re interested in scheduling me, for a book club, Read more…