RaveThe Wall Street JournalDramatic, heartbreaking and sweeping in scope, Ms. Moorehead’s book charts the experiences of these women in the wider context of the war in Italy ... In the countless memoirs written by men about the occupation, Ms. Moorehead notes, women are rarely mentioned. That the partisan brigades depended on female combatants who risked their lives every day is glossed over. At last, this important, meticulously researched book tells their story.
